Example sentences of "[verb] over to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They aimed to pass over to the other side of the stockade through the gap between one section and the other , where the bridge spanned the stream . |
| 2 | The Government confirmed that the Bill would not proceed — it fell with the dissolution of Parliament on 16 March ( unfinished legislation can not be carried over to the new parliament ) . |
| 3 | Bell had done original design work on a defunct prop-powered XP–59 and that designation was carried over to the new effort in an attempt to mask the true nature of the project . |
| 4 | an over-ambitious agenda which takes too long to complete or has to be carried over to the next meeting . |
| 5 | It is precisely among the eighteen to twenty-five years old electorate , which urgently needs to be won over to the Socialist cause before next year 's parliamentary elections , that Lang is the most popular Minister of the decade . |
| 6 | He shrugged his shoulders , before walking over to the small refrigerator set in a corner of the living-room . |
| 7 | Walking over to the nearest window , she peered out and found herself looking across what was unmistakably the Grand Canal . |
| 8 | Athelstan stood for a moment in disbelief , then he moved over to the other bed post : there , in the centre , the artist had etched a life-like horse . |
| 9 | He moved over to the other side of the office and had begun searching through a well-stocked bookshelf when the phone on his desk rang close by Folly 's hand . |
| 10 | The play moved over to the other side of the field and they stopped their conversation for a moment to follow it . |
| 11 | An interesting natural experiment arose when the entire school moved over to the new pathway course in 1987 . |
| 12 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
| 13 | We therefore moved over to the second limb of the permanency strategy , the strategy of placement in substitute new families preferably for adoption . |
| 14 | Miss Easterbrook moved over to the open notebook . |
| 15 | He wandered over to the far wall . |
| 16 | She wandered over to the chicken-wired window , and looked out . |
| 17 | I bought myself some fruit and wandered over to the first tee where Brian Harley was about to drive off . |
| 18 | Dougal wandered over to the uncurtained window . |
| 19 | Once or twice a week Howard climbs into the station wagon and drives over to the little market town fifteen miles away . |
| 20 | Change over to the main bed sinker plate . |
| 21 | If one of these groups were to go over to the other side — as the army did in Romania — the balance of forces would be altered . |
| 22 | We have been asked to give that up and to go over to the European Community system , with the European Court and majority voting — the shoe is pinching all the time . |
| 23 | Now I 'm going to go inside and get myself a drink , ’ he announced , ‘ and then we are going to go over to the far field where there 's a modicum of peace and we are going to look at these plans together , OK ? ’ |
| 24 | As Nina Fishman ( 1980 ) has pointed out , despite the undoubted idealism and enthusiasm of committed trade unionists in these industries there was considerable reluctance among NUM members to go over to the National Coal Board , to run ‘ their ’ industry . |
| 25 | The morning is given over to the religious aspect of celebrations , the afternoon belongs to the children , while the brass bands come into their own in the evening . |
| 26 | Much of the meeting was apparently given over to the specific role X/Open will play . |
| 27 | Much of the meeting was apparently given over to the specific role that X/Open will play . |
| 28 | Plenty of space has been given over to the navigating area . |
| 29 | ‘ Ah ! ’ she says , and then goes over to the other side of the shop . |
| 30 | A strangely-deserted sidewalk , Rex noted as he leapt out of the cab and stalked over to the fallen driver . |