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Example sentences of "tripped over " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He burst into the yard , tripped over a duck and nearly fell over .
2	‘ I saw you lasht night an' … ’ he began to sing a romantic song from our courting days , but was cut off in mid warble as he tripped over my hiking boots and crashed into the wardrobe head first .
3	‘ And you would n't know a murderer if you tripped over one . ’
4	I tripped over a root , half lost my balance , shoved the new factors into oblivion .
5	He tripped over his groceries and sprawled on the pavement at the mouth of the alley .
6	The mummy tripped over his legs , and only saved himself from falling by grabbing one of the row of dangling blackjacks above the seats .
7	A giant of a man made for Thiercelin , but tripped over a fallen comrade and crashed to the floor .
8	And the videotape of Cal and me playing Bottom and Titania in A Midsummer Night 's Dream last year , with us collapsing in giggles when she tripped over a cobweb and brought down half the lights .
9	One of the boys tripped over and crashed into a tree
10	Fuelled by a heady cocktail of cider , Beatles records , cider , local heroes like , erm , bus drivers and a bit more cider , the trio tripped over a delirious blueprint for success .
11	In front , Ramsay 's own mount tripped over a fallen beast and rider and all but threw its own , but recovered .
12	He tripped over a fallen body and this gave Balliol sufficient time to jump back and slam the door shut behind him .
13	Alison , from Aberdulais , West Glamorgan , was walking to a restaurant with her boyfriend when she tripped over a kerb and fell headlong into the Georgian-style leaded windows of a shop .
14	Alison , from Aberdulais , West Glamorgan , was walking to a restaurant with her boyfriend when she tripped over a kerb and fell headlong into the Georgian-style leaded windows of a shop .
15	Clary tripped over a cable during filming and broke his foot .
16	‘ I tripped over her hand .
17	In his excitement Benny jumped backwards and tripped over a lump of wood .
18	Carrie was afraid at first that Albert would despise such a babyish pastime but he seemed to enjoy it as much as Nick did , shouting with laughter when he tripped over bumps in the ice and not wanting to stop , even when she said it was time they were going .
19	Fleury tripped over something and sat down on the floor while the sepoy worked his shoulders a little to loosen himself up for a swipe .
20	I started to run up , straight up the hill , erm lucky the monster was running straight at me and sticking out of the crowd and he tripped over and after the end
21	I look down at what I tripped over ; a fallen branch , about the size of a man 's arm .
22	She had not walked a hundred metres before she tripped over a loose stone and went crashing over a steep overhang .
23	The undulations in the grass were heightened by the long shadows , and she tripped over .
24	Dexter explained in his nasal twang that an unknown woman had passed Nowak 's bed the previous evening during visiting hours , tripped over a chair and fallen on him .
25	But once she was on a downward incline she could only run faster and faster , squawking with fury as she lost her balance , till she tripped over and fell in a tumble of feathers and feet .
26	He tripped over his own wings , just as I said . "
27	If a friend was visiting the Policyholder and tripped over a loose carpet there could be liability subject to the Policyholder being negligent , ie if the Policyholder had been aware of the loose carpet for some time and had done nothing to prevent an accident happening .
28	Jenna came back to the present rapidly and painfully as she tripped over a fallen and partially sunken log .
29	Sylvia tripped over some clothes as she was coming downstairs one day and Sue went mad .
30	He took a few steps forward and tripped over a heavy iron grill set over one of the graves to protect it from the resurrectionists who had once supplied Dr Knox 's anatomy classes .