Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] him over the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | You tell me how any of us could have chucked him over the balustrade even if the whole lot of us got together to do it . |
2 | From there , two or three strides would have taken him over the edge and into oblivion . |
3 | But for the generosity Dysart had shown him over the years , he might even have approved of his actions . |
4 | For another , it was the opportunity to take proper revenge for the discomfort that Private Eye had caused him over the years , a revenge more satisfying than that afforded him by the Music Box April Fool 's joke . |
5 | He could scarcely have given him a firmer hint if he had hit him over the head with a mallet . |
6 | Anyway , it 's very , very good news , he 's turned the corner I 've hit him over the head with the newspaper ! |
7 | He had no idea , for the letter forced him at last to admit to himself that he knew nothing about his son , that he had lost touch with him , had allowed him over the years to drift further and further away so that now they were virtual strangers . |