Example sentences of "[vb past] over [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | brick inset was all the brick and then plastered over and that gave the black and white effect , but that was the original and the , the proper way to do it |
| 2 | For a moment his eyes looked at her beseechingly , then they clouded over and were vacant . |
| 3 | He was a mere dot on the horizon when the sky clouded over and the storm broke . |
| 4 | All of the above can be rinsed out and used over and over again . |
| 5 | My master staggered over and opened the nearest window and , as the smoke cleared , we saw that the huge fourposter bed was now a sheet of flame . |
| 6 | We could see the red marks when he bent over but that was not all we saw . |
| 7 | Then she bent over and , with a flick of her hand splashed cold water and smoothed it over her face . |
| 8 | She looks about fifty , but bent over and weather-beaten it 's hard to tell . |
| 9 | Eventually he bent over and told the Head Girl to kick him ; she was amazed but she did so — just stepped forward and kicked him and that was exactly the step he wanted . |
| 10 | Then standing , you bent over and me holding you open … and sometimes , the strange sight of our mirrored selves , limbs and bodies wrapped around each other . ’ |
| 11 | After a while Jack bent over and listened , although she said , ‘ It does n't mean anything , love . |
| 12 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |
| 13 | She stood on the stool and reached up to replace it , and when she stood back down again she bent over and whispered to me , ‘ That 's a bad omen , luv . |
| 14 | Kneeling down , he bent over and sluiced his face with handfuls of the surprisingly cold water . |
| 15 | Irina bent over and shook him . |
| 16 | After a while , of course , the woebegone aspect of the crossed-in-love becomes very irritating , especially if one is being unjustly blamed for it , so Lydia ripped out the last of the fluff that formed , as it were , the bird 's underclothes , rose to her feet gripping her pheasant by its knees , and then bent over and kissed Beuno . |
| 17 | She bent over and kissed Midwinter on the cheek . |
| 18 | Tuathal dismounted and helped the man up , and the King himself bent over and spoke to him , for that was all there was time to do . |
| 19 | He bent over and prised out the dagger embedded deep between Oswald 's shoulder blades . |
| 20 | Smith bent over and lifted the remains of the TV cable and plug from the floor . |
| 21 | After getting out of the car she bent over and pushed open the gate , then closed it behind her , walked up the short path and rang the doorbell . |
| 22 | They are ; and he 's pretty much the way they 'd constructed him , except that he 's in the corner , bent over and moaning . |
| 23 | He bent over and kissed her . |
| 24 | Later he moved over and took his seat in Parliament , where he was able to exploit even grander notions , that public transport be nationalized and another Bill was placed before Parliament , with this in mind , at least in so far as London was concerned . |
| 25 | Running well in the race , just behind Regazzoni , first Hunt 's engine faded for three seconds , stranding him behind Depailler , and then two laps later , when he was trying to overtake Depailler on the outside , Depailler moved over and blew Hunt into the wall . |
| 26 | He moved over and putting out his hand found the switch of the bedside light . |
| 27 | Alain went for the gap , Steve moved over and Alain locked up the brakes flat-out in top . |
| 28 | She moved over and touched the polished wood of the counter . |
| 29 | He moved over and embraced his wife , pulling her close to him . |
| 30 | He moved over and stared into Bernice 's eyes . |