Example sentences of "[vb infin] over [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I ca n't tell you what it felt like , first of all having cancer , secondly trying to talk about it , and being continually asked , ‘ Well , how are you Jo ? ’ and you 'd see their eyes glaze over and they 'd think , ‘ Christ , I hope she 's not going to tell me ! ’ |
| 2 | I was more worried that he might fall over and hurt himself . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's only just out of the sick bay himself , and he might fall over and open up that cut again . ’ |
| 4 | The little Hoflin did n't fall over and looked extremely pretty , and when the curtain came down he leaned for a moment on the rostrum and took a deep breath . |
| 5 | I mean you you might fall over and smash his precious organ or something |
| 6 | By way of background to what follows , I must first state my position on two related issues , since they are issues that may arise over and over again in the discussion of education at the present time . |
| 7 | But this does n't affect the fact that they would topple over , for in worlds most similar to ours tailless kangaroos do topple over and are not given crutches . |
| 8 | He would burst into the office singing , and if I happened to be there he would rush over and ruffle my hair , and exclaim , ‘ Here she is , the wee lassie ! |
| 9 | If there were ever any youngsters in the bar she would rush over and start fussing over them and playing games with them . |
| 10 | No it 's alright , I 'll er I 'll sail over and do it there . |
| 11 | It goes like this and then it 'll cloud over and rain . |
| 12 | With the terrible impact the animals would hurtle over and over before lying still , on the stubble . |
| 13 | I saw him look over and just shake his head . |
| 14 | No batteries , no electricity , no thermos flasks , just one portable compact unit that you can use over and over and over again . |
| 15 | The TV items are being selected on the criteria of level of interest and validity as examples of authentic spoken English ie. we tend to go for ordinary people speaking to camera rather than voice over or straight presentation to camera . |
| 16 | Even in the law-court , I 'd run over and kill you with my bare hands , ’ said Sikes , showing his teeth in his anger . |
| 17 | will you run over and tell Melissa 's mummy that I 'll pick M I 'll bring Melissa home for her ? |
| 18 | but we let it run over and the sugar the hob and it , there 's , there 's a chunk out of it |
| 19 | Reading between the lines , what they meant was that they were not going to train people who might keel over and die before the CAB had had its money 's worth . |
| 20 | When the box arrived , the zoologist took the animal out to examine it , only to see it keel over and lie motionless on her hand . |
| 21 | Rachel sat there in the back of the Mercedes , unable to give him the stinging retort on her lips because she knew he would do what he promised , and she had a profound fear that the minute he made love to her fully the feelings she was desperately trying to suppress would keel over and completely overwhelm her , leaving her not just vulnerable but absolutely devastated by the reality of what they were . |
| 22 | Stone that the rain would wash over and wear way . |
| 23 | As it did so , the other two Tree Spirits did the same , the branches of the Larch reaching forward , until Fenella could lean over and grasp them . |
| 24 | Only as we entered the Tower did Benjamin lean over and whisper , ‘ Roger , pretend we discovered nothing . |
| 25 | have their quality problems , that 's where you can score over but the prices are very very low and tend to pick them up . |
| 26 | you wo n't move over and let a labour government introduce a national minimum wage . |
| 27 | I am not gon na move over and I am going at my own pace , so I slowed down to about twenty miles an hour and it 's a road about four miles long and er he just could n't get past , you know ? |
| 28 | We 'll try and move some of the band 's equipment into the linen-room closet so it does n't blow over or get wet . ’ |
| 29 | If your dry garden borders on to paving , many of these plants will spill over and even colonise the cracks , softening up hard lines and giving a mellow feel . |
| 30 | all the way up to the mountains , you could walk so far you could nearly cross over and go to another village right up the mountains , just keep walking and walking for ever , or you could go into the |