Example sentences of "[verb] over [coord] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She jerked her head at the boy and he went over and turned the knob . |
| 32 | To do this he had to lean over and push the bolt firmly into place . |
| 33 | He moved again , and gladly she leaned over and pressed the bell on the wall beside the cot and got up to get the breast tray . |
| 34 | Mandeville leaned over and tapped the book . |
| 35 | At her first move to get up he leaned over and lifted the bike from her , but before she could get to her feet he was beside her , sitting on the grass and looking down into her flushed face . |
| 36 | Corbett leaned over and gripped the porter tightly by the shoulder . |
| 37 | She leaned over and rang the bell for Gerard . |
| 38 | Pascoe leaned over and opened the passenger door . |
| 39 | He leaned over and opened the passenger door so he could yell at me . |
| 40 | Why did n't he come over and fetch the car then ? |
| 41 | I asked Brown Owl if we could sell the cakes that were left over and give the money to Blue Peter . |
| 42 | If this is true , organic replicators , and eventually DNA , must later have taken over or usurped the role . |
| 43 | She stretched over and pulled the material off the torn metal . |
| 44 | Every tribe has its own core of Big'uns waiting their chance to take over and becomes the tribe 's chieftain . |
| 45 | Creditors have applied for a court order to take over and sell the building . |
| 46 | Creditors have applied for a court order to take over and sell the building . |
| 47 | The establishment of two Urban Development Corporations ( UDCs ) to take over and plan the development of the derelict dockland areas of Liverpool and London . |
| 48 | OSF is now believed to be looking for a commercial partner to take over and productise the technology , which is much-needed within the industry . |
| 49 | take over and conduct the defence or settlement of any claim ; and |
| 50 | take over and conduct the defence or settlement of any claim ; and |
| 51 | take over and conduct the defence or settlement of any claim ; and |
| 52 | take over and conduct the defence or settlement of any claim ; and |
| 53 | And of course the old man was there and he come over and grabbed the bloke by the throat and he said do n't you ever shout at my son like that again . |
| 54 | Now was the time the comrades had dreaded , when they would have to move over and allow the company to be managed by the ‘ persons of experience and ability ’ as they had promised in the prospectus . |
| 55 | She ran over and pulled the door . |
| 56 | ‘ Do fish swim ? ’ he said , whipping the power steering over and bringing the car to rest in the pub car park in a shower of gravel . |
| 57 | Particularly when Granny lives in Nairobi , the shades are spattered with Milpar , you have n't bought a bottle of wine since you opened your Mothercare account , the backless negligee is fine so long as you do n't roll over and reveal the stretch marks on what used to be your breasts , and you feel about as compelled to have sex as you feel compelled to have gangrene . |