Example sentences of "[to-vb] over to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They aimed to pass over to the other side of the stockade through the gap between one section and the other , where the bridge spanned the stream . |
| 2 | No sir , my job was then to pass over to Mr who made the ultimate decision as to what to do about the incident . |
| 3 | He would have some time to slip over to London to act . |
| 4 | First , because I have to slip over to the pub without her . |
| 5 | What could be more natural than for three members of Prince 's plus a girlfriend to wander over to St. George 's to see the closing stages of the Million Sterling Tournament ? |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps Philip 'd like to come over to us , ’ Jinny broke in quickly , finding courage from somewhere . |
| 7 | He tried to duck under the ropes to come over to us , but gets stopped by a security man who asks him what he 's playing at . |
| 8 | He used to come over to us a lot at weekends , along with another character called Bob Brown , who lived at Blackton and who was a bachelor brother of my great-aunt 's husband . |
| 9 | Later , when they realised Japan 's true intentions , Aung San and the small Burmese army , backed by an underground movement , decided to come over to the British , a very courageous step when you realise their numbers , and their limited arms . |
| 10 | Meredith supposed Harriet would be fully committed socially over the Christmas period but she wanted to offer some token of hospitality , so she went across the road after breakfast and asked if Harriet would like to come over to lunch . |
| 11 | With this background of ‘ westernisation ’ it was considered natural to come over to England to complete my education . |
| 12 | She showed immediate enthusiasm and , well , one thing led to another and before long I had invited her and her family to come over to Tintagel to meet Dawn and see her fly . |
| 13 | Before the Collector continued about his business , Dr McNab asked him to come over to the window for a moment . |
| 14 | Aung San got through a message that he was ready to come over to the Allies while the Japanese understood that he would be fighting for them . |
| 15 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that just this afternoon I had the idea of getting poor old Eddy to come over to the Gates and tell me something about himself … |
| 16 | Sometimes we get sent to fetch lifers to come over to our side . |
| 17 | To her surprise he offered to come over to the office . |
| 18 | I would also very much appreciate an opportunity to come over to Walford Manor , perhaps in August . |
| 19 | Now that the women were by themselves , the man whom Penelope had noticed staring at Ianthe seemed to pluck up courage to come over to their table . |
| 20 | He was threatening to dis-honour anyone who refused to come over to him : in other words , the price of continued loyalty to Charles would be loss of estates granted by previous kings ( whether as benefices or as lands associated with office-holding ) . |
| 21 | So , the only reason for her writing was to say that if he ever did get the chance to come over to the UK again , well , she 'd like — well , it would be nice … |
| 22 | ‘ Something is wrong , Fabia ? ’ he asked urgently , leaving his stance over by the French window where he must have been taking a look outside , to come over to her . |
| 23 | Do you want to come over to the bungalow and sort this bedroom out or |
| 24 | Nevertheless I arranged to drive over to Strondonald the following Saturday afternoon and join him for tea . |
| 25 | Once in a while she allowed Gaston or Marius to drive over to Reine and take her back to one or other of their houses for Sunday lunch . |
| 26 | I have to drive over to Mayerling and see someone . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Then I 'll have to drive over to Ballater 's on the other road . ’ |
| 28 | I managed to keep afloat then till , as I said we found this half a lifeboat and there was couple of fellows and er I managed to swim over to that and pull myself up on it and for there the inflatable off the standby boat came alongside , picked us up and put us on then standby boat . |
| 29 | CERN , for instance , is ready to swing over to NT and abandon its Unix boxes because the administration side there is awash with incompatible PCs and Macs and if the techies give up their Unix stations then everybody will be on the same system . |
| 30 | After a time it became known in other faculties that this was rather a special lecturer and people reading classics or history or the sciences took the trouble to go over to Ramsey 's lectures and swell his class . |