Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [noun] over [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would like to think that any sort of physical abuse does n't go on any more , but this does not mean that people might not get a bucket of water over them sometimes . ’ |
| 2 | Obviously throwing a bucket of water over them is n't going to do a lot of good , so if there is a likelihood of it happening , you 'll need to be prepared . |
| 3 | A tall woman leaned from a balcony and emptied a bucket of water over them . |
| 4 | ‘ With moped racing you can pick up a 50cc for about £20 , almost literally throw a bucket of paint over it and you 're away . ’ |
| 5 | It was as if , said Callaghan , they had got bored with the subject , and suddenly ‘ chucked a bucket of whitewash over it . ’ |
| 6 | And each time you come to the exercise each time they says they say Here you are solve read through it with a bit of paper over it . |
| 7 | Mrs Hellyer only came once a week and though Dad did some of the housework , shuffling round in the mornings and yawning , almost everything had a skin of dust over it and smelt mouldy , like furniture stored in an attic . |
| 8 | The thought sent a wave of depression over her . |
| 9 | you have like a scrag of material over it ? |
| 10 | She would have had a sort of power over him . |
| 11 | So I phoned again , and they said , ‘ Try putting a blob of Vaseline over it . ’ |
| 12 | She swished her fingertips through her hair and sent a spray of water over me . |
| 13 | So , I mean , what 's the point of you know making it look really , really nice and you know , all you could is just slap a coat of paint over it ! |
| 14 | The man 's trembling want of her made her feel that speck grow into a force ; she began to enjoy denying him , then permitting him again , she used her strength to grip and pin him and squeeze him in parts that made him cry out , to gouge and scratch his pale , thin flesh , she fortified him with tisanes that make men what was called in her language ‘ cross ’ , and gave him leaves to chew to stay his excitement so she could explore the crustacean pinkness of his flesh and turn her curiosity and its tinge of disgust to a form of power over him which gave her pleasure . |
| 15 | ‘ Three of us carried you , and I was one of the three , and I had to tip a jug of water over you next morning to wake you . ’ |
| 16 | When one of his servants first saw him smoking , he thought Sir Walter was on fire and threw a jug of ale over him . |
| 17 | Ah , so the the child 's mind is uncluttered , it 's more easily able to erm , observe things , take in things , learn things , and has a lot of advantages over us older , us adults . |
| 18 | There 's really been a lot of trouble over it ! |
| 19 | mind , she took a lot of time over it |
| 20 | Control over monetary policy is political and a lack of control over it is undemocratic . |
| 21 | My tranquillity was rudely interrupted as a wave crashed down on the rocks and sent a shower of spray over us as we huddled amongst the rocks on the headland . |
| 22 | A punch would be delivered and Ricky , thinking this had ended the row would take himself off to bed only to find the next minute that Minton was emptying a bottle of water over him . |
| 23 | Vigno had thrown our clothes on to the floor and poured a bottle of aftershave over them before stuffing them back into our lockers to ferment . |
| 24 | Her brown eyes now had a film of tears over them . |