Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island . |
| 2 | It was only after I 'd stopped doing that and gone into the corner to have a piss that I looked over into the other corner where there was a pile of rusty cans and old bottles ; there I saw the jagged stripes of the sleeping snake . |
| 3 | There was only a bit of spare paper left and some of it had got streaks of cheese-grease on , so I went over to the newsagent 's stall and bought an exercise book for 35p . |
| 4 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 5 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
| 6 | As the red-tipped bronze blade continued round towards her , Tallis struck it out of line and reached for the booted leg of the rider , pushing up so that he fell over to the side . |
| 7 | I have tried taking the castle out , but this only makes him unhappy , so he goes over to the heater and swims underneath it . |
| 8 | Pilots were to be Russ Boardman and Lee Gehlbach , but Boardman was injured prior to the race and Doolittle found he had no mount ( his landing gear had jammed ) , so he took over for the Thompson . |
| 9 | It was the last day of shooting and they did n't need us till nine o'clock that morning , so Keenan [ Wynn ] and me went over to the bar and had a couple there and I said , ‘ You know , Keenan , it 's gon na be a long hot day so we 'd better stop off at the drug store and buy a jug . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Sergeant Jennings here will make some tea , then she 'll stay with you while Mr Morgan and I go over to the stables . |
| 11 | On one side was the flower-garden view ; on the other , one window had been bricked up at the time when windows were taxed , and I walked over to the remaining window . |
| 12 | The man moved away , in surprise , and I walked over to the desk . |
| 13 | As I held it , I knew if I looked over to the bed he 'd be there , hands behind his head , stealing , this time , an image of his widow . |
| 14 | " If I went over to the hotel now and had supper , that would give you about an hour to find a man and get ready . |
| 15 | cos I went over to the cinema , I said my |
| 16 | James pushes Sandra and she falls over onto the cake that Sharon has just baked in cookery . |
| 17 | He sank down on to the edge of her bed , and she scurried over towards the wall , taking every inch of her covers with her . |
| 18 | Robbie , if you go over to the drawer , look , the top one on the left , there are some photos , there should be one of Janet . |
| 19 | ‘ If you reach over in the back you 'll see a suede jacket . |
| 20 | ‘ If you look over in the corner , there 's a little ante-room with a single bed — intended , so I believe , to accommodate a child . ’ |
| 21 | On the outside it looked like something left over from the siege of Leningrad in 1944 , but inside everything was in immaculate white , including a large wrinkled matron who proceeded to give the medico a verbal roasting , followed by expulsion from the premises . |
| 22 | He linked his arm through mine and we walked over to the tomb . |
| 23 | The canal 's over that-a-way , but if we head over towards the old brickworks- ’ She unlocked a huge padlock which fastened the gates . |
| 24 | Only his rash brother , the Lord Edward , forced him to it , ’ and he glanced over at the Earl of Carrick , the said Lord Edward Bruce 's second son , who had now deemed it judicious to desert the Balliol cause . |
| 25 | And he came running out behind us and at the back this massive puzzle and he slipped over in the mud sli slide straight forward and into the . |
| 26 | and then on top of that he took the battery off Pat 's car and it fell over in the front so all the acid burnt the carpet ! |
| 27 | Gutters will overflow , often by no means gently and valley water can back up under tiles and underfelt , until it spills over into the room below . |
| 28 | Aunt Bedelia stayed to watch Brookside while we went over to the Jubilee Tower for the rest of the evening . |
| 29 | The evidence in the two years since he took over at the club suggests Mr O'Neill 's best efforts will be enough to secure promotion from the GM Vauxhall Conference . |
| 30 | The win maintained stand-in captain Mark Taylor 's unbeaten record in charge of Australia , who have won three and tied one since he took over from the injured Allan Border . |