Example sentences of "[verb] over [coord] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stool on which the boy had been sitting tipped over and hit the floor with a loud crash . |
| 2 | Smith bent over and lifted the remains of the TV cable and plug from the floor . |
| 3 | change , change over and change the tapes and all that sort of thing and erm they give you packets of batteries and your supposed to change the batteries every two to three tapes , every four sides in other words . |
| 4 | Then if you both want to go to the hospital you ca n't somebody will have to be either graciously accept to go over and get the bedroom sorted |
| 5 | I then carry on working , knowing that later that day Skipper will be brought in , checked over and given the feed I prepared earlier . |
| 6 | Blanche tiptoed over and remembered the face from the photograph of Tatyana 's that she had borrowed . |
| 7 | We all keeled over and hit the ground . |
| 8 | Benjamin hastened over and grasped the woman 's shoulder . |
| 9 | Doyle came over and inspected the newspaper . |
| 10 | She reaches over and brushes the hair off of my eyes . |
| 11 | Each one of us was beckoned over to have a go when it was my turn I rushed over and put the tanks on I then submerged It felt strange breathing under water like a fish the bubble emitted from the regulator trickled up the side of my face . |
| 12 | We feed the figures into a mathematical formula and the formula then takes over and does the processing for us . |
| 13 | The Doctor walked over and played the torch over the large stone . |
| 14 | She walked over and kicked the snake . |
| 15 | He walked over and pulled the blanket off the body . |
| 16 | But you 've put the finishing touch to my Christmas , Linda , coming over and sparing the time when you 're so busy . |
| 17 | Under the state of emergency , the government can take over or direct the operation of public utilities and businesses . |
| 18 | If there are many cable crossovers the loose tension will hardly show and will certainly make the knitting easier , but where there are few cables and a lot of plain knitting the looseness of the plain knitting will take over and make the work look faulty . |
| 19 | The HRD practitioner should explain to the executive managers that the transformation will not occur unless people are feeling so much pain in the present situation that they are motivated to change it ; in the absence of such pain , resistance will take over and make the change difficult or even impossible . |
| 20 | Soccer officialdom , as Mr Clough observed ‘ thought I would take over and run the show . |
| 21 | Then turn over and read the advice on pages 8–10 . |
| 22 | They pressed IBM on these issues and the company took over and worked the land of fifteen surrounding farms . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's right , ’ said Connon , reaching over and taking the tickets . |
| 24 | The proprietor lumbered over and dumped the clothes on the counter . |
| 25 | She reached over and balanced the candle , which was dripping wax down one side . |
| 26 | Sharpe reached over and took the reins of the Dragoon 's horse . |
| 27 | Most everybody in the house had gone to work , or whatever it was they did during daylight , and as I was only two feet away I reached over and slipped the lock , taking the phone receiver with me . |
| 28 | The Mason reached over and snatched the purse , emptying about half of the contents into his own hand . |
| 29 | And as Pete was standing , she reached over and closed the scrapbook . |
| 30 | He leant over and pushed the door open , shoved her out as the engine died . |