Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an attempt to retrieve it gracefully , I did a half turn ; the backs of my knees hit the arm of one of a pair of chairs and I toppled backwards over the chair and landed on my hat , wedged between the chairs with my legs in the air . |
| 2 | ‘ The Faskally boatman brought me across the foot of the loch and I came straight over the hill to the Brig of Grandtully . ’ |
| 3 | I lit up a Rothmans as I walked jerkily over the park , shivering , the cigarette rushed to my head and I felt better as I drew on it strongly , cupping the end in the palm of my grubby hand . |
| 4 | After work the same evening , my husband and I walked all over the golf course and were eventually rewarded by spotting the dog in the distance , although we failed to coax her towards us . |
| 5 | I stepped carefully over the city wall , which was less than a metre high , and walked slowly through the two main streets . |
| 6 | The last pitch was a real sting in the tail , but the perplexing moves up a short crack in a wall soon succumbed to brute force and determination and I swung exultantly over a final bulge on the monstrous , weathered holds to sit satiated on the plateau , soaking up the sun until Alec pulled over , grinning with triumph . |
| 7 | As I stumbled forward over the black earth , between borders of sooty rhododendrons and tired grass , I just could n't believe it . |
| 8 | ‘ I went totally over the limit . |
| 9 | Consequently , I fell straight over a bench , + bruised my skin nastily . |
| 10 | What 's worse … when I travelled all over the lane , |
| 11 | I pondered hard over the reply to my friend 's question . |