Example sentences of "he be [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Wolski had already read the accounts of him being seen over the Chiltern Hills north-west of London soon after leaving the Regent 's Park area and later a certain sighting by a member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in East Anglia who saw him feeding off sheep carrion on chalk downland . |
2 | ‘ He 's deteriorated over the year — sometimes he does n't recognise me now ; and I have to fight him to get him to do anything . |
3 | As he headed for St Margaret 's Grove he was bundled over the fence into the field . |
4 | He was hit over the head and broke an ankle but disarmed the 6ft raider and sent him packing . |
5 | Hurley handed him a Turkish passport with a West German visa and he was escorted over the green line into Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus . |
6 | He was bent over the prow of a little wooden sailboat — he was obviously having a rest from speedboat practice today — and was busily tightening something with a big screwdriver . |
7 | Darren Sadler , 25 , from Cleveleys Lancs was killed when he was swept over the sea wall in Blackpool . |
8 | He was hunched over the car . |
9 | The name Heryng is found often connected with Halling and another name we find is that of John Hostier , who in 1268 , was bailiff here , for in this year he was questioned over the Bishop 's land at Halling . |
10 | Sitting together on a settee as they faced hostile questioning , Bill Clinton seemed at first to be struggling as he was tackled over the Flowers affair . |
11 | As the other four offered their own inimitable advice , the police hustled the Celtic defender downstairs and out into the streets where he was thrown over the bonnet of a police car . |
12 | He was sent home from hospital after a short period , since the doctors thought it more important that he should be there with his wife , and he shouted " hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah ! " as he was carried over the threshold . |