Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] over [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We approach a tight bend : the driver talks to the conductor ; the morning sun shines blindingly — I peer over into pure space . |
| 2 | I hurry over in that direction . |
| 3 | I flew over on 6 May . |
| 4 | Then , just before that gig , I went over to Central School of Art in Holborn and swung us another gig there . |
| 5 | In due course Vernon Hunt retired and I took over as Chief Inspector of Accidents on 1 January 1974 . |
| 6 | But Leonskaja 's big technique serves her well in the Scherzo and finale , which come over with more spontaneity , and , in the finale , there is a pleasing warmth in the lyrical second melody at 1′20″ . |
| 7 | Those people with dogs in that sort of situation are very welcome to walk through the playing field and then out the other side and away , I would n't stop them going over from that entrance to the to the top entrance . |
| 8 | But then you come to the problem , erm , because for ninety four five , erm , the formula suggests that we would need less staff , that might seem a bit odd but the , the reason is that if you do indeed bring your target times down , then the amount of work which your passing over into the next year is er considerably less , erm than the amount of work which you passed over into this year , |
| 9 | " Now , I asked you to come over for several reasons . |
| 10 | Vanners Silks is by far the oldest company , its history stretching back 250 years to the Huguenot weavers who came over to this country from France . |
| 11 | And as I say , there was always one I remember that sticks passively in my mind when she came over in one December five weekends on the trot ! |
| 12 | With further losses expected this year , strategy has been overhauled under the guidance of chairman Brian Garraway , who hands over to financial services managing director , Martin Broughton , in July . |
| 13 | Did you take over from another nurse ? |
| 14 | When you first arrived at Rhos-y-Bol , were you taking over from another nurse ? |
| 15 | ‘ The big surprise was to discover that people were good at things they had no idea about , ’ says Hamilton-Phillips , who converted the VGA into a limited company when she took over as chief executive in 1984 . |
| 16 | She soon found a new challenge when she took over as British Team Manager in 1985 . |
| 17 | The girlfriends and wives of the young officers were pretty , well-bred girls who leant over to each other and laughed a lot as they waited for the ceremony to start . |
| 18 | Crellin , who took over at promoted Leigh from sacked Kevin Ashcroft this summer , said : ‘ I have resigned because of boardroom interference . ’ |
| 19 | The improvement comes from a restructuring programme put in place by David Peacock , who took over as chief executive 18 months ago . |
| 20 | It has a smaller than average electorate but is unlikely to prevent former barrister Stuart Bell , who took over from long-serving Arthur Bottomley in 1983 , winning . |
| 21 | Would you come over to that bench over there . |
| 22 | No , only the ones you see , a lot of the ones you see over in this country |
| 23 | In fact , Ray did a little work on it before we came over on this trip . ’ |
| 24 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 25 | ‘ When we move over to this scheme it will be perfectly possible for people to pop in and do a module in June , July or August , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Now and again one zooms over about tree-top height but soon disappears , followed a few seconds later by Allied fighters . |
| 27 | They swop over from one state ( usually over-eating or having lots of high-sugar , high-fat foods ) to another , quite separate , diet state ( under-eating , with little fat or sugar ) . |
| 28 | His telegraph then went on " This afternoon General Robertson , Chief Administrative Officer AFHQ requested us to concur in a draft telegram to CG British Eighth Army authorising him to turn over 28,000 Cossacks ( see our 797 of October 16 , 1944 Midnight ) , including women and children to Marshal Tolbukhin , and further instructing him to turn over to Yugoslav Partisans a large number of dissident Yugoslav troops with exception of Chetniks . " |
| 29 | A well-flighted right wing cross by Paul Raynor seemed perfect for the unmarked 6ft 4in player , but he headed over from seven yards . |
| 30 | He came over to last year 's boat reunion at Pembroke Dock . ’ |