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 . |