Example sentences of "over it [conj] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no time to steam my Christmas pudding , so I poured boiling water over it and ate it like cake . |
| 2 | Harry bent over it and kissed her , nearly overbalancing . |
| 3 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |
| 4 | The Americans went nuts over it and awarded it the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film . |
| 5 | The wind coursed over it and flapped it — little whip noises that stirred it and made it seem alive , the dog-face scowling . |