Example sentences of "[verb] over [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicola sat down on the floor and slowly rolled over on to her back . |
| 2 | Then , lurching to his feet , he moved over on to the only empty seat in the shrine — a patch of floor covered with a sheepskin rug . |
| 3 | As she did so he moved over on to his back . |
| 4 | here it is being checked over back in base after an operation |
| 5 | There was stuff piled up in it till it 'd spilled over on to the pathway . |
| 6 | She twisted over on to her side , and glared fiercely at him , knowing that this was what she should n't do , that she was humiliating herself , that her face was red and puffy and ugly . |
| 7 | Winded , the Doctor toppled over on to his side . |
| 8 | She felt her spine curving and keeled over on to her front . |
| 9 | He drove with fierce concentration , and sometimes his fierceness spilled over on to the passengers — especially on to Barbara , who sat beside him and navigated . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , the discovery that young , vivacious , Tania Sheppey was about to enter motherhood , courtesy of centre-half Brian Rawlings , brought about a family rivalry that spilled over on to the football pitch , notably during a League game against Thornham Bridge . |
| 11 | Grunting , he flopped over on to his side . |
| 12 | Tears welled up in his eyes , spilling over on to his cheeks . |
| 13 | Suddenly , like thunder following lightning after a breathless pause , it hit her ; she turned over on to her stomach and wept bitterly . |
| 14 | She turned over on to her stomach and tried to put things into perspective . |
| 15 | As she turned over on to her back she dismissed such mundane things as guttering and went over the words on Leo 's note . |
| 16 | ‘ What are those for ? ’ said the boy , turning over on to his stomach and poking at the pile of sticks . |
| 17 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 18 | Both the car and the trailer were badly damaged , but because the glider was securely held in by the fittings , it survived the trailer going over on to its side without damage . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought I was going to just keel over on to your shoulder and blurt it out : I love you , I love you … ’ |
| 20 | The third she found broken , knocked over on to its side , the water dripping from a puddle on the windowsill on to a seat below and through that on to the floor , and the flowers scattered and brown-edged , as if they 'd been picked for their beauty and freshness by a little girl and then loosed regardlessly on the path from her sticky hands as she ran off to do something else . |
| 21 | Jack crawled under the table to pick it up , then wriggled over on to his back , catching sight of something . |
| 22 | He sailed past the President 's beach house before coming over on to the other track . |
| 23 | She pulls over on to the hard shoulder , gets out , opens the boot , gets out the spare tyre and the jack , jacks up the car , takes off the old wheel , puts on the new one , lets the jack down , puts it and the wheel back in the boot , closes it , gets back in the car and drives on , knowing that she will be fifteen minutes late . |
| 24 | He seemed to expect this , and merely abused the audience back , spitting at them , skidding over on to his arse once , and drinking and slouching around the stage as if he were in his living room . |
| 25 | Biggs rolled over on to his back and remained motionless for more than two minutes after referee Larry O'Connell had completed the count . |
| 26 | The cat rolled over on to its back and shadow-boxed with imaginary flies , guileless of face . |
| 27 | As she raised her foot again , to aim another kick , George rolled over on to his knees and tried to rise . |
| 28 | The woman rolled over on to her stomach , reached for a bottle of wine , handed it to the man . |
| 29 | The car rolled over on to its back with a grinding crash , exposing beneath it the bloodied meat of the two policemen who had been supervising the cordon . |
| 30 | For a time the boy lay where he had fallen , then he rolled over on to his side , a small whimper of pain , perhaps , or fear — carrying to where the old Han crouched . |