Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [det] [noun] over [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'll have the larger piece of that cake over there , with extra cream and a large plateful of your extra special greasy chips , ’ said the girl . |
2 | Very nice light on these cliffs over here . |
3 | ‘ Amon. aromat. and a wheelchair for that dresser over there . |
4 | If this request appeals to any club over here , please write to Christine Judd at the above address . |
5 | Erm and the I can never remember the name of that road over there . |
6 | One importer suggested to me that there was a reluctance to start up commercial breeding of these species over here and the reason for this was largely political . |
7 | ‘ Can you read the names on those packets over there ? ’ |
8 | The expression I is not of course the only such troublesome feature of English ; the following examples all present us with the same sort of problems ( with the relevant deictic expression italicized , a convention followed throughout this Chapter ) : ( 6 ) You are the mother of Napoleon ( 7 ) This is an eighteenth-century man-trap ( 8 ) Mary is in love with that fellow over there ( 9 ) It is now 12.15 The sentences are true , respectively , just in case the addressee is indeed the mother of Napoleon , the object currently being indicated by the speaker is indeed an eighteenth-century man-trap , Mary is indeed in love with the fellow in the location indicated by the speaker , and at the time of speaking it is indeed 12.15 . |
9 | " I 'd like to go for a walk in that park over there , " she said quietly . |
10 | But there 's a couple of guys in another division over there that they were quite keen on er aircraft and they spent weeks building these bloody things and then er , and experienced flyer he 'd taken over to the other , other side of the estate when he had a bit of runway over there |
11 | What do you say to the fathers , and I have had dozens from up and down the country contacting me , what do you say to the fathers like that chap over there in th in the front row , who has handed over sometimes tens of thousands of pounds , he 's done his bit , he 's had it rubber stamped by the court , he 's gone ahead in good faith and made his his his future , and then the Child Support Agency comes along and just without so much as a by your leave pulls the rug . |
12 | I am familiar with the components of your personality , true , as I am familiar with the liquors in that cabinet over there , but throwing all the different liquors together at random wo n't make a cocktail , not one that 's palatable to me at least . |
13 | ‘ He and another man were putting some barrels into that wagon over there . |
14 | See how there are shells exploding almost on the same spot in that field over there . ’ |