Example sentences of "[verb] him over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the orderly beats him over the head , pumps a couple of .38 's into Mahoney with a silenced gun , turns round and walks out . |
| 2 | She paused and regarded him over the top of her glass . |
| 3 | Then , as he simply smiled , she regarded him over the top of it . |
| 4 | At one point they fell out and Schine chased Cohn through a hotel lobby swatting him over the head with a rolled-up magazine , to the delight of the large Press corps , who wrote stories headlined after the dialogue of the famous duo , ‘ Positively , Mr Cohn ! ’ and ‘ Absolutely , Mr Schine ! ’ |
| 5 | Worriedly judging her moment , and hoping fervently that the other two heard nothing , she slipped out behind the third man , and cracked him over the head with the cutters . |
| 6 | The ex-Scots Guardsman claims Thai police framed him over the death of fiancee Pranon Sauychaisri , 30 , who fell from the balcony of their flat . |
| 7 | ‘ Go now , ’ the voice commanded him over the earpiece . |
| 8 | Pat was a big man and grabbed Sean and bundled him over the couch and into the laps of Mrs Kelly and Mrs Quinn who screamed blue murder . |
| 9 | After a while they kidnap and murder a young boy for kicks , bashing him over the head with a blunt instrument . |
| 10 | The Court of Appeal held that his dismissal was fair and that it was not vitiated by a failure to consult him over the reorganisation . |
| 11 | And then the solicitor asked us to advised us to have certain things amended and Mr had no problem when I told him over the telephone , he just said send it back and we 'll just amend it . |
| 12 | You tell me how any of us could have chucked him over the balustrade even if the whole lot of us got together to do it . |
| 13 | ‘ If someone broke into your house and you caught him , you 'd beat him over the head , would n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | He said here are and tapping him over the nose |
| 15 | Merrill took a sip of her martini , eyeing him over the rim of her glass . |
| 16 | The boys stood this for as long as was decent , and then , after a particularly heavy blow to the head , the brothers grabbed the Bosnian refugee by both feet and up-ended him over the sand . |
| 17 | They manhandled Mr Reagan to the side of the stage and pounced on his attacker , forcing him over the podium to check him for any possible weapons before dragging him away . |
| 18 | This warmth was sufficient to help him over the threshold of marriage . |
| 19 | So I said , ‘ How nice , thank you , ’ and handed him over the cheque . |
| 20 | Despite being filled with an overwhelming love and compassion for her husband , who was single-handedly fighting off one of the world 's largest corporations , she 'd also been swept by a strong desire to bash him over the head with his own fax machine ! |
| 21 | Wood could still play if there is any danger of a recurrence of Simon Brown 's problems with cramp , which troubled him over the weekend , while Simon Hughes is also due for a rest . |
| 22 | ‘ I heard him over the intercom once — we were on an exercise — up in the clouds — saying , ‘ sorry , Oggy , forgot my ruler ! ’ |
| 23 | Even when he makes mistakes he does it in a way that still brings results and takes him over the gain line . |
| 24 | He half stood up as Myeloski came towards him , when an aircraft called him over the radio . |
| 25 | ‘ What am I supposed to do ? ’ he said in an aggrieved tone but ( fortunately , Nutty thought ) a misguided girl in puce trousers hit him over the head with a handbag and he launched himself instantly at his aggressor , being no respecter of the female sex , and thereby deflected a fair amount of Jazz 's opposition on to himself , the girl 's screaming indignation making her plight quite plain . |
| 26 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 27 | A TIPSY husband ended up in hospital when his wife hit him over the head with their Christmas tree . |
| 28 | George , at one stage , tried to get up , but one of them hit him over the head with his rifle . |
| 29 | I nearly hit him over the head , I thought it was Jason . |
| 30 | At once she turned and hit him over the ear as hard as she could . |