Example sentences of "over and [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The worst of fates was to be a wallflower passed over and rejected . |
| 2 | Pipkin , who was lying on his left side , breathing quickly and heavily , rolled over and stretched out his front paw , underside turned upwards . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He went over and banged on the panel so hard that his knuckles hurt — even so , he knew that he 'd be lucky if he were heard . |
| 5 | Arfur spoke for everybody when he said , a wondering expression on his face : ‘ My Daddy just felled over and died ! ’ |
| 6 | It simply flipped over and died in nothingness . |
| 7 | keeled over and died . |
| 8 | The thin figure leaned over and whispered in the sleeper 's ear . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I was just beginning to stop sweating when Jan leaned over and whispered : ‘ Why did n't you tell me he was a nancy boy , dear ? |
| 11 | A courtier leaned over and whispered in my ear . |
| 12 | He leaned over and disentangled it . |
| 13 | That kept it kept getting in her eyes , I said I 'll fetch it over and brought it back , put them slides in face no she said , Shaun 'll do it ! |
| 14 | Fifteen miles south of Garberville my eyes began to close and I pulled over and slept for half an hour . |
| 15 | Windsor , 49 , of Mid Glamorgan , was trapped inside the jeep as it toppled over and kept on rolling . |
| 16 | Gallagher brought his arm back and over and laid the lash across Luke 's bare back . |
| 17 | He pulled out and turned Richard over and lifted his hips and entered him again . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | At her first move to get up he leaned over and lifted the bike from her , but before she could get to her feet he was beside her , sitting on the grass and looking down into her flushed face . |
| 20 | Smith bent over and lifted the remains of the TV cable and plug from the floor . |
| 21 | It was one of those old-established inns tucked away into the side-streets of London that have somehow avoided being bought over and sanitized by the big chains , an ivy-covered twenty-room place with panelling and bay-windows and a fire blazing in the brick hearth of a reception area furnished in rugs over uneven boards . |
| 22 | Someone kicked his washing-bag over and stared down at the spilled shirt sleeve , the maroon-edged handkerchief . |
| 23 | He turned over and stared at the sky . |
| 24 | He moved over and stared into Bernice 's eyes . |
| 25 | ‘ They just burst in , kicked her over and demanded money . |
| 26 | He stood mesmerized by a giant wave , shooting picture after picture until it came right over and dragged him out . |
| 27 | 7 weeks ago , a fight with two men and a teenage girl in his home town of Banbury , allegedly ended with him being run over and dragged under a car for a quarter of a mile . |
| 28 | The fire gave a sudden crackle and the top log rolled over and fell into the hearth . |
| 29 | Otherwise , a tip would stall , lose lift , and the kite flipped over and fell . |
| 30 | She saw it wobble , then it tilted , then it toppled right over and fell with a tinkle on to the table-top not twelve inches from Miss Honey 's folded arms . |