Example sentences of "and [verb] over by " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so since that was going to be demolished and built over by a a housing estate anyway , we ripped it out and put it back down here . |
| 2 | But these objects , ritualistically sprinkled and gestured over by a Catholic priest or Aymara sage , take on a new significance as promises of future prosperity . |
| 3 | Andy recovered quickly , sucking on the oxygen , coughing and spluttering in the warm bath , then being dried and taken to a warmed bed and watched over by his parents . |
| 4 | But less than half a mile from his home in Witney , Oxfordshire , 42-year-old Mr Adams was knocked off his bike and run over by a van . |
| 5 | David Adams , 42 , was knocked off his bike and run over by a van driven by a suspected drink-driver as he made his way home . |
| 6 | Once his employees had acquired every detail from her piecemeal , hysterical tale he had it checked , rechecked and run over by his lawyers until every line was publishable ( not an easy task , considering the litigious nature — and ample means — of some of the supporting characters ) . |
| 7 | In an instant the coldness of her fury evaporated and her heart was flooded with a tide of raw emotions — excitement , confusion and a desperate yearning that tore at her insides and left her breathless , as though she had been knocked to the ground and run over by a steam train . |
| 8 | Ron Letts was knocked down and run over by thieves at a scrap metal yard three months ago . |
| 9 | But you 'd better bear in mind , I 've been worked-over and walked over by experts . |
| 10 | Bones were flung to the floor and quarrelled over by the hounds , who gave way to Murtach 's two wolves when Fife and Drum desired some particularly meaty scrap . |
| 11 | This medical textbook , by Henry Gray , was first published by J.W. Parker in 1858 and taken over by Longman in 1863 . |
| 12 | After the Reformation it was not unusual for these charnels to be cleared and taken over by prominent local families as their burial vault , as happened at Saffron Walden and Thaxted , both in Essex . |
| 13 | When was the first time you were in the dark , locked in and taken over by someone else ? |
| 14 | As editor of The Colonial Magazine , Kingston 's Magazine and The Union Jack ( the last-named started in 1880 , the year of his death , and taken over by Henty ) , Kingston could claim all the space he needed to express his views on the importance of colonisation and use the experience he gained from working for the Colonial Land and Emigration Board . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sure I 've missed a crucial piece of information , but my understanding is that the TARDIS has been infiltrated and taken over by Pool . ’ |
| 16 | The memorial harbour light on Carraig Fhada at the entrance to Kilnaughton Bay was built in 1853 and taken over by the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses in 1924 . |
| 17 | There is no such ring in the Reeve 's Tale , but it is hard not to notice that the motif seems to have been displaced and taken over by Absolon as he approaches Alison 's window for the second time that night , in order to deceive her : A sure example of intertextual inference is found in John 's use of the cradle trick ; he envies Alayn 's success with Malyne , and decides he will " " arise and auntre [ chance ] it " " himself . |
| 18 | His clients were treated well , and were respected and pondered over by him . |