Example sentences of "he [verb] over [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He skips over for the bloody
2 He limped over to the window , pulled the curtains across and looked down .
3 I have tried taking the castle out , but this only makes him unhappy , so he goes over to the heater and swims underneath it .
4 He goes over to the bedside table and pours a glass of water .
5 And lying back with a smile , he glances over towards the colour TV in the corner of the room .
6 The next year he moved over to the Alfa team , but could score only three points in a car whose engines rarely survived a race .
7 He moved over to the door control panel , which now glowed red for locked .
8 He moved over to the window of his office and looked out .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 He moved over to the window and looked out across rain-driven Wimbledon .
12 He moved over to the dungeon door to prevent anyone from escaping .
13 Taking his time , he moved over to the door and paused .
14 He bounded over to the chest containing the strange white powder .
15 Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom .
16 He wandered over to the draining-board and looked into a jug .
17 He wandered over to the door .
18 He wandered over to the table .
19 With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds .
20 He wandered over to the far wall .
21 And Lyon settled the issue in the 72nd minute when he crashed over at the corner for the match-clinching try .
22 Isabel obeyed , watching in trepidation as he paced over to the door , then back to the fireplace .
23 He strolled over to the little Park Police Station among the trees .
24 He strolled over to the window , lit his cigar , stared down as plain-clothes policemen hurried across the courtyard one storey below .
25 He strolled over to the blackboard .
26 He strolled over to the nag and slapped her gently .
27 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 .
28 He came over to the bed , holding up his hand to shade his eyes from the bedside light , and peering almost comically close , so that Tessa could smell the whisky on his breath .
29 Apparently finding what he wanted , he came over to the sofa on the other side of the low coffee-table that was all that stood between them , threw himself down among the cushions and started to read .
30 He came over to the bed and stood , tall and powerfully attractive , looking down at her .
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