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

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1 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 .
2 And Lyon settled the issue in the 72nd minute when he crashed over at the corner for the match-clinching try .
3 He nodded over at the coat that had cost him an arm and a leg .
4 He glanced over at the mound of tablecloths hastily borrowed from the tables of the unused tea-stall , under which the body of the late Councillor Phipps was now reposing .
5 He glanced over at the windspeed indicator .
6 As the old man reluctantly accepted a sip of water , he glanced over at the other bed .
7 He glanced over at the mirror every time she came near , longing to speak , and he drank in her loveliness like a man who has crossed a barren desert .
8 Only his rash brother , the Lord Edward , forced him to it , ’ and he glanced over at the Earl of Carrick , the said Lord Edward Bruce 's second son , who had now deemed it judicious to desert the Balliol cause .
9 He glanced over at the huge woman .
10 The evidence in the two years since he took over at the club suggests Mr O'Neill 's best efforts will be enough to secure promotion from the GM Vauxhall Conference .
11 He became friendly at the Royal College with Ted Dicks who , owing to his liveliness and ability to play the piano ( he took over at the Colony Room when Mike Mackenzie left ) soon found himself in charge of student entertainments .
12 Glenn Hoddle raised more than a few eyebrows when he took over at the County Ground last April .
13 Turning slightly , and almost against his own will , he looked over at the dark graves .
14 As he looked over at the stranger he suddenly became aware of someone else in the room .
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