Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could have been plummeting down to the centre of the earth , in a submarine nudging over the seabed or flying soundlessly through outer space . |
| 2 | As Coleman discovered later , it was not uncommon for the Justice Department to leave a case dangling over the head of a former government employee whom it wished to intimidate . |
| 3 | For British lakes with limited alkalinity , critical loads of sulphur are put at 3–6 kg/S/ha , a level exceeded over most of the country . |
| 4 | As a programmer struggles over the fifth tedious revision of a 25-word frame , it is difficult to escape the conclusion that if he had worked this hard on every sentence of the textbooks he had written , these textbooks would probably teach as well as programmes … |
| 5 | German federalism is merely a cloak thrown over the relatively strong regionalism Which persists in Germany , and it was a system adopted by Germany , with the Allies ' approval , after the war as a way of preventing a return of totalitarianism , which is why the Germans associate federalism with the opposite of centralised power . |
| 6 | In October last year , a boardroom split over company policy resulted in the departure of the group 's managing director , Brian Brolly , with an £800,000 pay-off . |
| 7 | These seem to have had their fears that the flood gates holding back university collections are now opening confirmed , as Edinburgh University announced last month that it was proposing to sell a sculpture by Adrian de Vries or a Ruisdael landscape , bequeathed by Sir James Torrie , to help put right a deficit permitted over the last few years by a Treasurer who has since resigned . |
| 8 | No , I mean they 're they 're not going to take a truck running over them . |
| 9 | Another beam splashed a pool of light over the gatehouse , revealing a drawbridge lowered over the moat with portcullis behind , while another illuminated the apron of the car park . |
| 10 | A cyclist going over a pot hole is a very dangerous situation and this should be looked into . |
| 11 | Later a storm breaks over the hotel ; lightning flares above the mountains across the loch , and the windows rattle as the thunder booms . |
| 12 | A storm raged over the house . |
| 13 | Master Alexander makes his first recorded appearance as witness to a settlement presided over by Archbishop Langton in 1216 . |
| 14 | It is theoretically possible for a cow to jump over the moon with something like the same improbability . |
| 15 | Damn it all , we did n't even notice Everett was missing until a porter tripped over him in the quad , so anything 's theoretically possible . |
| 16 | The next dates from 1888 – 94 and comes from that lecher 's vade mecum , My Secret Life by Frank Harris , ‘ Then a dread came over me . |
| 17 | Once across the threshold a change came over me , which was the stuff of true romance . |
| 18 | A box with a blanket draped over the top to act as a door makes a home for how many children ? |
| 19 | Mrs Carson , Alas in a bunk with a blanket thrown over her , was clearly relieved to see Ruth . |
| 20 | Four people were playing bridge on a blanket spread over one end of the table . |
| 21 | Finally a sheer mountain of a wave smashed over the raft with a furious roar and swept it further on to the reef away from the pounding terror . |
| 22 | A stiff guidewire was then passed through the transjugular biopsy needle into the superior mesenteric vein ( Fig 1 ) , the needle removed , and a catheter introduced over the wire into the portal vein . |
| 23 | Just then we reached the gate , and I saw a gentleman on a horse looking over it . |
| 24 | A figure loomed over him , haloed by the sunlight , and picked him up , her arms slipping tight around his chest . |
| 25 | We 're going to make use of this moonless period , but we 'll try and give you a practice run over the ladder before the big night . |
| 26 | In the huts where we lived , we each had a card pinned over our beds which announced our names , our Waaf occupation and our religion . |
| 27 | In a study undertaken over a two-week period , Tom Tadecki , research director of the International Coalition Against Violent Entertainment , found that more than 33 per cent of its programmes involved some form of aggression , with violent acts occurring at a rate of 10 per hour . |
| 28 | Gradually , through compromise , a workable plan will emerge , and this can then be broken down into a programme phased over a number of years . |
| 29 | As a final thought , I think it would be worth Leeds 's while to have a scout looking over the US collegiate system . |
| 30 | A waterspout burst over the village in June 1888 , washing soil from the surrounding hills and depositing mud and boulders in the streets — ‘ pots , pans , chairs , stools , mats , and a host of smaller household goods were swept out by the current and deposited in the village pond ’ . |