Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It 's just that , well , I was passing Mr Connon 's house and I just looked over the hedge and I saw someone . |
| 2 | So I quickly went over the ship 's side and into the nearest boat . |
| 3 | Each morning before I leave for work , I bid a cordial ( ? ) farewell to the one perched on my roof and each night I count my fish to see if he 's penetrated the net I hurriedly stretched over the pool . |
| 4 | I never got over the shock . |
| 5 | SEAN HUGHES ( comedian ) : ‘ I never got over the fact that my penis looked like Bobby Charlton . |
| 6 | Miss Blagden duly took the wretched gun and it was she who was kind enough to write on delivering it : — I found your husband very well , Wilson , and as expected by you much agitated over the rumours that another concerted effort is to be made to free and unite his country which subject I may say engages the minds and hearts of his employers hardly less . |
| 7 | ‘ For my money she just came over the top of the hill from the Broughton side too fast . |
| 8 | ‘ YOU really went over the top today , Charlie , ’ grinned the Captain to the Old Stager as they reassembled for the match . |
| 9 | For answer he pushed her in the shoulder , and when she almost tipped over the bird cage at her feet his other hand came out and , steadying her , he laughed down into her face as he said , ‘ Sarky little bitch , are n't you ? |
| 10 | She almost fell over the gate in her haste to race to the fire . |
| 11 | And at that stage it was too late to go down the rope so it was just instinct more than anything else that we just jumped over the side from where we were then . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to see Dad every now and again , say once a month , and we usually spoke over the phone at least once a week . |
| 13 | Just as we stepped over a rise , we nearly fell over the boy racer and party having their lunch . |
| 14 | We then checked over the cars and made an arrest . |
| 15 | ‘ And the clouds came down , and we lost the path , and we almost walked over the top of a thousand-metre cliff , and … ’ |
| 16 | Men like Murrells and Browne , and Major Clarence Buxton in Kenya , were celebrated as much for the influence they supposedly wielded over the Masai as for their partiality for them-'Murrells will keep situation under control' . |
| 17 | They almost tripped over the body of a Sellsword , his neck tilted at a weird angle ; and then saw Ratagan . |
| 18 | It just slithered over the surface , then , as its wheels became clogged , it stopped , settled down , and slowly , inch by inch , began to sink . |
| 19 | He quickly ran over the story of the Essex murders . |
| 20 | The rural idyll remains strongly evocative in most industrialized societies , but the emotional hold it formerly possessed over the minds of most Japanese has been substantially weakened . |
| 21 | ‘ He sure crossed over the pander line . |
| 22 | He often went over the head of union officials , appealing directly to the workforce , and , to a great extent , the workforce accepted his proposals , thereby improving productivity and dramatically reducing the days lost through industrial disputes . |
| 23 | He actully fell over the ball . |
| 24 | Sometimes he simply hung over the bank and untied the boat , other times he rattled a stick against the boathouse door and shouted in a gruff , common voice — he was a good mimic — ‘ Who 's there ? |
| 25 | He therefore presided over the extension of secondary education throughout the county , and established new standards of school architecture and of taste . |
| 26 | He had an electric bar fire , but unless he actually stood over the mesh it was a cheerful glow and no heat . |
| 27 | He was convicted of entering the country illegally , though it is believed he accidentally strayed over the border from Kuwait , where he was working . |
| 28 | the shock of it never got over the shock of it though |