Example sentences of "[to-vb] them over [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law protected farmers living near subsistence level who needed something to carry them over from one harvest to the next , especially if the harvest had been bad . |
| 2 | Together they rode across Hodge Beck and gathered up the flocks to look them over before the onset of winter . |
| 3 | I mean they were lovely boots I mean a pair of water boots three pounds twelve and six and we used to put them , er make 'em soft , we used to do them over with text oil . |
| 4 | Although " this offer has been accepted by Marshal Tito " , it had " subsequently been discovered that these troops had not in fact entered Austria … it was possible to turn them over to Marshal Tito in complete formation , and prevention of infiltration into Austria was essential for operational reasons " . |
| 5 | She 'd invented schools for children , on the basis that since reading and writing were quite difficult it was best to get them over with early . |
| 6 | I told my father I was trying to get them over to the far side , to the mainland , and that the ones I had to bury , the ones which fell short , were victims of scientific research , but I doubt I really needed this excuse , my father never seemed bothered about the suffering of lower forms of life , despite having been a hippy , and perhaps because of his medical training . |
| 7 | It is acceptable to ask them over for a meal they are not expected to be able to manage without a caring woman . |
| 8 | Sir James , whose birthday is February 26 , plans to lay on a ferry for 400 guests to take them over to France . |
| 9 | That 's where fellows called to pick them up , or to take them over to a pub for a pint . |
| 10 | And er he , he could use the er h his vestry or another room at the , the church but somebody calling in the evening , he 's not going to take them over to a a cold room for an interview . |
| 11 | Given the tension here was one of humiliation , that can be sufficient in itself to sustain the momentum , especially as this workhouse scene comes at a critical point in the sequence structure — for they have already in an earlier lesson experienced the well-intentioned caring of the ‘ lady ’ who housed these girls out of pity but was obliged to hand them over to the authorities . |
| 12 | To hand them over to the Russians is condemning them to slavery , torture and probably death . |
| 13 | Harold Macmillan 's diary entry describing his meeting at Klagenfurt on 13 May ( only a day after the last group had surrendered ) states that he was informed that " among the surrendered Germans are about 40,000 Cossacks and " White " Russians with their wives and children " , and he notes that " to hand them over to the Russians is condemning them to slavery , torture and probably death . |
| 14 | ‘ Blagg told her not to hand them over to anybody but himself or somebody with a letter from him . |
| 15 | It was a relief to hand them over to the kennelmaid . |
| 16 | The best programs allow the teacher to gain basic skills in using them and to hand them over to pupils after a short introduction . |