Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] water over [pron] " 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 | ‘ Chuck a couple of buckets of water over him , we might be able to recognise what it is , ’ Yanto suggested . |
| 5 | Chucking buckets of water over them eh ? |
| 6 | I bloody have done years ago you chuck buckets of water over them . |
| 7 | TWO screaming children threw cups of water over their burning father after he set himself on fire . |
| 8 | Trident sell the popular rippled ‘ drainpipe ’ -like material Flocor which appears to be mainly aimed at free movement of water over its surface . |
| 9 | She swished her fingertips through her hair and sent a spray of water over me . |
| 10 | He stood there a while longer , mindlessly enjoying the flow of water over his limbs . |
| 11 | ‘ Political in the sense that if I threw this glass of water over you in an interview , that would be a political act . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He looked so miserable I decided to cheer him up by inviting him to join our little game , and started throwing handfuls of water over him . |