Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] over [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Programming might have started out as an ancillary task in a student 's special subject of physics chemistry or psychology but soon takes over as the dominating interest .
2 It resists criticism and usually stands over against the culture of its day .
3 Always comes over for the hunting — do n't know why , for she ca n't have ridden a horse for centuries ! — and leads poor Woolacombe a dog 's life . ’
4 ‘ Ah ! ’ she says , and then goes over to the other side of the shop .
5 He stabs at the buttons three times , then wriggles over to the handset and makes muffled shouts through the gag until you cock the gun and he hears it and looks round at where you stand , next to the wall , waving the telephone 's wall-plug .
6 He thinks , and then leans over to the writer and asks ‘ Where we going ? ’
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