Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] over [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breathing a sigh of relief , I drove over to the local airfield and arranged for the flight to take place a week earlier , just in case . |
| 2 | On one side was the flower-garden view ; on the other , one window had been bricked up at the time when windows were taxed , and I walked over to the remaining window . |
| 3 | I walked over to the grassy map of Mindanao ; they followed . |
| 4 | On the third visit I switched over to the large search coil and within fifteen minutes was holding numerous buttons , buckles , seals , some copper coins and — best of all — a Queen Anne gold guinea . |
| 5 | It was only after I 'd stopped doing that and gone into the corner to have a piss that I looked over into the other corner where there was a pile of rusty cans and old bottles ; there I saw the jagged stripes of the sleeping snake . |
| 6 | I went over to the rear door and looked out , seeing a little open boarding platform with a polished brass-topped balustrade and , beyond , the Canadian Pacific 's single pair of rails streaming away into darkness . |
| 7 | I went over to the other side . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We arrived back at Blackpool and after the usual checks with Special and refuelling I went over to the waiting ambulance to join the reception committee . |
| 9 | In my new mood , I went over to the solitary man and said easily , pulling out a chair , ‘ May I sit at your table ? ’ |
| 10 | That nice , young centurion I sent over with the olive oil last week . |
| 11 | She wandered over to the chicken-wired window , and looked out . |
| 12 | When I told Constanza , she who has a memory for these things said , ‘ Good Lord , not M. J. Devaux who came over with the French team after the war ? ’ |
| 13 | Ignoring startled looks , she raced over to the frightened young woman and took her shoulders in both her hands . |
| 14 | I stared at her , transfixed , as she stepped over to the scaly green cupboard where she kept all of her books . |
| 15 | She glanced over to the two male nursing orderlies testing an oxygen tent in the far corner . |
| 16 | She scuttled over to the far side of the room and had managed to read quite a lot of the letter before Julius came charging after her , taking the paper back from her with such force that it almost ripped in half . |
| 17 | She crossed over to the wooden flap set in the counter where she bumped into Lawler . |
| 18 | She looked over at the long table . |
| 19 | She looked over to the new machine . |
| 20 | She went over to the round table in the middle of the room , moved The Field and Country Life into slightly different positions , concealed the one ashtray to discourage smoking , and went down the passage to see if her brother was ready . |
| 21 | The day Ruth walked out of this family — when she went over to the Roman Church — she cut herself off from us . |
| 22 | She went over to the games-room window . |
| 23 | She went over to the big , old , white sink in the corner and Joe fetched out the hoe and vanished towards the vegetable field . |
| 24 | When she came out leading Violet by the bridle , she went over to the mounting block and climbed up on to the horse . |
| 25 | She marched over to the nearest tank . |
| 26 | On arrival at Llandrindod we crossed over to the other platform to board the train which had arrived from Swansea — there being only nine minutes between arrival and departure — only to be told that we would have to go back on to the unit we had travelled up on . |
| 27 | We went over to the other bed , the higher and wider one . |
| 28 | No , just the same machine we had over on the other side , aye , it has n't changed at all . |
| 29 | ‘ Pickles really is absolutely hopeless , ’ he said as they walked over to the crowded marquee . |
| 30 | They went over to the far end of the pit . |