Example sentences of "he [vb past] over [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved over to the other side of the office and had begun searching through a well-stocked bookshelf when the phone on his desk rang close by Folly 's hand . |
| 2 | Athelstan stood for a moment in disbelief , then he moved over to the other bed post : there , in the centre , the artist had etched a life-like horse . |
| 3 | He wandered over to the far wall . |
| 4 | He strolled over to the little Park Police Station among the trees . |
| 5 | The reporter thanked him , and the camera tracked him as he trudged over to the other members of the team and they headed together towards a dark crack in the hillside . |
| 6 | Leaving her safely tethered , he walked over toward the main door . |
| 7 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 8 | He walked over to the rickety wooden gateway , drawing from his pocket a small jar he had purloined from Mait 's Bagi before Ace had blown it up . |
| 9 | As the old man reluctantly accepted a sip of water , he glanced over at the other bed . |
| 10 | He glanced over at the huge woman . |
| 11 | For the astonishing fact is that Malcolm Allison , soccer 's oldest boss at 65 , has revitalised a Bristol Rovers side that had won only two of 16 games before he took over from the sacked Dennis Rofe a month ago . |
| 12 | The win maintained stand-in captain Mark Taylor 's unbeaten record in charge of Australia , who have won three and tied one since he took over from the injured Allan Border . |
| 13 | Schofield was an inspirational leader in this summer 's Ashes tour when he took over from the injured Hanley and he played the game of his life in the second Test win in Melbourne . |
| 14 | Maybe this is all that is needed to re-ignite calls for a review of the welfare benefits which single parents receive — a review actually under way earlier this year , but thankfully kicked into touch by Tony Newton when he took over from the hapless John Moore as Social Security Secretary last Summer . |
| 15 | Replacing the highly popular Mr Dubcek was no easy task , but on the grounds that Janos Kadar salvaged something in Hungary when he took over after the popular uprising of 1956 , Mr Husak might have achieved something . |
| 16 | He ambled over to the nearest tree — happily some metres from where I stood hidden , and turned towards the tower . |
| 17 | He was district secretary of the ITGWU and had stood on the NILP ticket a number of times before the split of 1949 , when he went over to the Irish Labour Party . |
| 18 | He went over to the biggest gift of them all , picked it up and plonked it , gratefully , in Mr Patten 's hands . |
| 19 | He looked over to the childlike form on his bed and felt a protective instinct so strong he almost wept . |
| 20 | Turning slightly , and almost against his own will , he looked over at the dark graves . |
| 21 | He crawled over to the fallen branch by the big pine , found his second shotgun and unwrapped it . |
| 22 | He pointed over to the Japanese side . |
| 23 | He prowled over to the far side of the kitchen , then slammed down a couple of plates , as if he were suddenly finding it very hard to control his own temper . |