Example sentences of "[verb] over [coord] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiled absently on catching sight of me , and I wandered over and stood in the well of the Steinway . |
| 2 | When it got dark I drove over and parked around the corner . |
| 3 | She came over and sat on the bed beside him . |
| 4 | He turned over and stared at the sky . |
| 5 | She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock . |
| 6 | It was one of those old-established inns tucked away into the side-streets of London that have somehow avoided being bought over and sanitized by the big chains , an ivy-covered twenty-room place with panelling and bay-windows and a fire blazing in the brick hearth of a reception area furnished in rugs over uneven boards . |
| 7 | Reaching the railway fence she climbed over and started across the tracks . |
| 8 | He walked over and rattled at the locked door . |
| 9 | I walked over and spoke to the driver . |
| 10 | The fire gave a sudden crackle and the top log rolled over and fell into the hearth . |
| 11 | Trent rolled over and swam for the beach . |
| 12 | I lay on my fourposter ready to bemoan what had happened but the next minute I rolled over and sank into the deepest sleep . |
| 13 | This suggests that containers of food were placed in the cooking-holes and that hot ash was piled around them to cook the contents , which sometimes boiled over or fell into the ash , leading to carbonization and preservation . |
| 14 | Then he sort of pirouetted , still … er … holding himself , and then he fell over and rolled down the stairs . |
| 15 | He went over and banged on the panel so hard that his knuckles hurt — even so , he knew that he 'd be lucky if he were heard . |
| 16 | Matt was lying on the couch and then went and then I went over and sat on the couch and then Matt tried sa Matt erm pretended he was up to him and started |
| 17 | Athelstan went over and knelt beneath the small , horn-glazed window , crossed himself and gently mouthed the words of David 's psalm . |
| 18 | The thin figure leaned over and whispered in the sleeper 's ear . |
| 19 | The third section offers a critical exploration of possible starting points for new strategies , not least by looking anew at some of the difficult and resilient questions about cultural identity and belongingness , about ethnicity and community , that were often glossed over or disavowed in the antiracist movement . |