Example sentences of "[pron] over [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My own father , ’ Francis continued , ‘ failed in business and drove himself over a cliff in full view of us all , five years ago . |
| 2 | As Gentle reached the river 's other bank Pie'oh'pah turned and fled , throwing himself over the wall into the park without seeming to care what lay on the other side : anything to be out of Gentle 's sight . |
| 3 | His pursuer smiled grimly , and waited as many seconds as he dared before heaving himself over the wall with surprising agility . |
| 4 | Ronni turned to scowl at him as , with the easy grace of a pole vaulter , he swung himself over the edge of the boat . |
| 5 | Mr Farrow is understood locally to have taken the conveyance between the Earl of Carnarvon and himself over the lordship of the manor to mean that he was owner of the common . |
| 6 | There are relevant stair er Chairman which you can look out of place at the present moment of time but they will need to be addressed at some point in time in the future and therefore one could be forgiven for wanting to prioritise various but in general terms , the strategy that has been er looked at is the progress of St Albans in general , there may be small elements of it and some of these have already touched upon but in general that is no sound strategy er which over a period of time and in the process of that it will be essential to monitor erm the effect of some of the changes as you go forward to see in fact whether the other elements of strategy that were erm put in to that er work were in fact still necessary and whether they should be have some . |
| 7 | from our point of view in nineteen ninety three , we have to deal with somebody over a revision of the rent and if the company does n't exist it makes it very difficult ! |
| 8 | How can it help me do my job ? point of view the reason is that it can help you do your job is very simply that to involve members of the public er local councils , local authorities , decision makers and allows the outcome to , to erm entertain them and to erm hope for and communicate what it is they 'll come erm in a non-threatening , non-selling , non-hard sell environment where they can come along , they can enjoy themselves and go away and form their own opinions without somebody over the head with what they 're try to sa trying to do erm |
| 9 | But all our speakers are chosen by the Pre-retirement Council and by your employers by the way who over a period of time have selected the Oh well we do n't want him again or that firm again . |
| 10 | Tt I was meant to bring you over a couple of chocolate biscuits and fifty pence for you to give to Craig cos he 's bound to want something . |
| 11 | How many times can you sit in your chair and let someone smash you over the head with a can of beans ? |
| 12 | I much prefer to hear someone angry , almost sledgehammering you over the head with their guitar . |
| 13 | You stand still and listen to what I 've got to say , and if you do n't stop looking at me like that I 'll hit you over the head with this . " |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll let the brake off this chair and tip you over the edge in a minute . |
| 15 | ‘ I can not take issue with you over the matter of my past character , ’ he said , and smiled , dissembling the truth of his emotions . |
| 16 | He 's obviously badly in need of a friendly brew — he 'll stop having you over the fence after that , I 'm sure of it . |
| 17 | It even takes you over the hill into |
| 18 | Tammuz leaned over Zambia and removed a T-shirt which had hooked itself over the wall-clock in the frenzy of its removal the previous night . |
| 19 | Marine Insurance covering injury or damage you may cause to third parties with one of our yachts , and accidental losses or damage to the yacht itself over the amount of £320 . |
| 20 | ‘ FLIGHT TO FREEDOM ’ read the headline of one over a picture of the unusual sight of a golden eagle flying over Regent 's Park . |
| 21 | The ball from Gascgoine to Ball the other night when he scored his great goal was a little dink just over the top , outside of his fort and it was a little one over the top of there was n't it ? |
| 22 | ‘ There was no Albert Bridge then , ’ recalled Ben Bellaser , ‘ to span the river and ride over the ancient town with its oppressive grandeur , and the moon was rising and lighting up the shore and houses as they rose one over the other in terrace fashion against the dark blue starry sky ’ . |
| 23 | And high frequencies must be used to carry a number of TV channels because each is 8 MHz wide and they are ‘ stacked ’ one over the other in the frequency spectrum . |
| 24 | Thus , unionised groups of workers are seen to be leap-frogging one over the other in the struggle to keep real wages rising . |
| 25 | This debate over the education of black children is reminiscent of an earlier one over the failure of white working-class children in British schools ( see chapter 8 , section 8.2 ) . |
| 26 | However , no one over the age of 66 who has not already claimed mobility allowance can now do so , even if they were unable to walk well before 65 and there is good cause for making a late claim . |
| 27 | He reappeared carrying two glasses that tinkled with ice and passed one over the fence to the woman . |
| 28 | you know , throw something over the wall to you , but that was many , many years ago . |
| 29 | Consequently his wife has been left to fend for herself over a variety of matters . |
| 30 | Her English teacher found her crying by herself over the job of rearranging the drama cupboard . |