Example sentences of "him over [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew him over a period of about two years before he died . |
| 2 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 3 | Ellen dropped an awed curtsy , rounded eyes gazing up at him over the pile of red woollen mantle in her arms . |
| 4 | Jannie lay in bed , looking at him over the edge of the covers . |
| 5 | The boy was pictured in a stilled movement that clearly represented the brief moment before he reached out and reached down to pluck the flower , a movement which would topple him over the edge to certain death . |
| 6 | At one point they fell out and Schine chased Cohn through a hotel lobby swatting him over the head with a rolled-up magazine , to the delight of the large Press corps , who wrote stories headlined after the dialogue of the famous duo , ‘ Positively , Mr Cohn ! ’ and ‘ Absolutely , Mr Schine ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What am I supposed to do ? ’ he said in an aggrieved tone but ( fortunately , Nutty thought ) a misguided girl in puce trousers hit him over the head with a handbag and he launched himself instantly at his aggressor , being no respecter of the female sex , and thereby deflected a fair amount of Jazz 's opposition on to himself , the girl 's screaming indignation making her plight quite plain . |
| 8 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 9 | The first time Nathan knew for certain that something was n't right was when Donald smashed him over the head with a can of beans . |
| 10 | After a while they kidnap and murder a young boy for kicks , bashing him over the head with a blunt instrument . |
| 11 | A TIPSY husband ended up in hospital when his wife hit him over the head with their Christmas tree . |
| 12 | He could scarcely have given him a firmer hint if he had hit him over the head with a mallet . |
| 13 | George , at one stage , tried to get up , but one of them hit him over the head with his rifle . |
| 14 | Worriedly judging her moment , and hoping fervently that the other two heard nothing , she slipped out behind the third man , and cracked him over the head with the cutters . |
| 15 | Despite being filled with an overwhelming love and compassion for her husband , who was single-handedly fighting off one of the world 's largest corporations , she 'd also been swept by a strong desire to bash him over the head with his own fax machine ! |
| 16 | Anyway , it 's very , very good news , he 's turned the corner I 've hit him over the head with the newspaper ! |
| 17 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 18 | She looked at him over the top of her glass . |
| 19 | She paused and regarded him over the top of her glass . |
| 20 | Then , as he simply smiled , she regarded him over the top of it . |
| 21 | She looked at him over the top of her cup . |
| 22 | This warmth was sufficient to help him over the threshold of marriage . |
| 23 | In deference to the apparent madness of King George III he agreed to the Lord Chamberlain 's proposal , as play censor , to omit Shakespeare 's King Lear from the repertory which told of a monarch similarly afflicted ; but clashed with him over The School for Scandal , the objections to which , however , he managed to resolve , bringing him a period of near prosperity . |
| 24 | It 's a rare person who can ignore a letter sent personally to him over the signature of Clint Eastwood or Charlton Heston , saying ‘ I need your help ’ . |
| 25 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
| 26 | When the restorer was driven out of Bohemia in 1945 , he managed — and this was truly a miracle — to take the picture with him over the frontier into Bavaria . |
| 27 | The governors had placed great trust in him over the period of ten years ‘ during one of which it pleased its liberal Grand Visitor to take me with him to Ireland ’ . |
| 28 | The ex-Scots Guardsman claims Thai police framed him over the death of fiancee Pranon Sauychaisri , 30 , who fell from the balcony of their flat . |
| 29 | Anne watches him over the table in that brooding speculative way of hers , as if he were a long-pondered clue in a half-completed crossword . |
| 30 | Elinor looked at him over the rim of her magazine . |