Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] over the " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ So you 'd write a carbon-backed slide with this message and project it over the film . |
| 32 | Pour the pasta into the baking dish and scatter the peas on top , then mix the bean mixture with two ounces of the cheese and spread it over the peas . |
| 33 | He got up from his chair , fetched a rolled-up plan from the top of the sideboard and spread it over the litter on the table . |
| 34 | Now cover your whole head with a towel and put it over the steaming bowl so the towel forms a ‘ tent ’ to catch the steam . |
| 35 | ‘ Take one of the strips of plaster from my arm and put it over the girl here 's mouth . |
| 36 | She got the thin iron frying pan from the shelf and put it over the heat with some fat in it . |
| 37 | She worked furiously , grabbing up heaps of earth and scattering it over the dry , sun-baked grass and loose strands of hay so that the fire should have nothing to devour . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | He watched in horrified fascination as the lieutenant took out a single match and poised it over the striking strip . |
| 40 | ‘ These people got abusive because we would n't take their drugs so I just grabbed this bag of s*** and poured it over the floor . |
| 41 | ‘ There , take that and read it over the week-end . |
| 42 | Theodore Lawton ejected the cartridge , took another one , and fired it over the side . |
| 43 | I drift back indoors , in case she decides to go all the way and tip me over the edge while she 's at it . |
| 44 | ‘ I 'll let the brake off this chair and tip you over the edge in a minute . |
| 45 | She had found Doreen at an early stage , and paid her over the odds to keep the house running smoothly . |
| 46 | So I said , ‘ How nice , thank you , ’ and handed him over the cheque . |
| 47 | Or I 'll switch you off and drop you over the side . |
| 48 | Countries near the Rim simply loaded down the books of dead mages with leaden pentalphas and threw them over the Edge . |
| 49 | ‘ I just got drunk and threw them over the wall . ’ |
| 50 | Tolkien too might think of the Norse legend of the ‘ Undying Lands ’ , the Odáinsakr : when King Hadding reached its boundary the witch who guided him killed a cock and threw it over the wall — a moment later he heard the cock crow before he himself had to turn away and go back to mortality . |
| 51 | Even when he makes mistakes he does it in a way that still brings results and takes him over the gain line . |
| 52 | I drop my bag inside the window and hoist myself over the sill to follow it . |
| 53 | One by one they came , and we on board Viking found it possible to grab their long shaggy fleeces and hoist them over the gunwale . |
| 54 | Then Charlie was smearing blood over his face and wiping it over the bass guitarist . |
| 55 | Hang the curtains on the track and drape them over the foldbacks . |
| 56 | She filled the big , black kettle and set it over the burner . |
| 57 | How would we feel if France started putting its criminals in boats and sending them over the Channel to us ? |
| 58 | In 1223 Richard was once again in the retinue of William Marshal and followed him over the next few years into Wales , Ireland , and Brittany . |
| 59 | To eliminate the problems of prostitution , they sometimes take the women from the cell , put them in an ambulance and drive them over the border to Honduras . |
| 60 | Filmer , extremely smooth in a dark suit and grey tie , solicitously removed Daffodil 's chinchillas and hung them over the back of her chair . |