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

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1 He limped over to the window , pulled the curtains across and looked down .
2 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 .
3 He moved over to the door control panel , which now glowed red for locked .
4 He moved over to the window of his office and looked out .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 He moved over to the window and looked out across rain-driven Wimbledon .
8 He moved over to the dungeon door to prevent anyone from escaping .
9 Taking his time , he moved over to the door and paused .
10 He bounded over to the chest containing the strange white powder .
11 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 .
12 He wandered over to the draining-board and looked into a jug .
13 He wandered over to the door .
14 He wandered over to the table .
15 With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds .
16 He wandered over to the far wall .
17 And Lyon settled the issue in the 72nd minute when he crashed over at the corner for the match-clinching try .
18 Isabel obeyed , watching in trepidation as he paced over to the door , then back to the fireplace .
19 He strolled over to the little Park Police Station among the trees .
20 He strolled over to the window , lit his cigar , stared down as plain-clothes policemen hurried across the courtyard one storey below .
21 He strolled over to the blackboard .
22 He strolled over to the nag and slapped her gently .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 He came over to the bed and stood , tall and powerfully attractive , looking down at her .
27 No he came over to the study , he came over to the study and he said er he comes in and he goes
28 No he came over to the study , he came over to the study and he said er he comes in and he goes
29 And erm there 's a lot they 've they 've they 've done some television work on him and anyway er in nineteen O three , he came over in the you know about in nineteen hundred with his family and I 've got a picture of them in that 's where he came from in .
30 He turned over on the ground , and put his hand to his cock and squeezed himself .
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