Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is one scene where I fall over a sofa , which we added on the day of the shoot . ’ |
| 2 | Suppose your new washing machine is on the blink ; or your neighbour puts up a fence inside your boundary ; or you trip over a paving stone and break your leg . |
| 3 | I told you in another part of this saga of mine that I took over a Night in No 7 Squadron from a Flight Commander . |
| 4 | No , once you take over a job you take over a job . |
| 5 | Charles 's territories could already have been described as an empire , in the sense that he ruled over a collection of different political units held together by the allegiance his subjects felt they owed him rather than through a sense of common institutions or common language which could serve as the foundation for a unifying national spirit . |
| 6 | If Philip Leapor 's mother was indeed the woman who died in 1726 , it is reasonable to believe that he took over a house which she had occupied , and leased a separate piece of ground for his nursery . |
| 7 | I got myself a couple of sausages on sticks , a hunk of crusty bread , and another Scotch , and I took over a pint of bitter for Seddon . |
| 8 | Patsy and I corresponded over a period of four months . |
| 9 | My wife and I saved over a number of years to get enough money together for a decent Land Rover . |
| 10 | Suspiciousness becomes almost an instinct , powerful and all-pervasive : ‘ When you go out on a Sunday afternoon [ in the country ] , say , and you look over a bridge at the stream , you can not help yourself . |
| 11 | If you pass over a tab stop as you move to the left or right , that tab stop will be deleted |
| 12 | If you take over a farm with poor fences , you will probably feel obliged to stock it before your fencing programme is anywhere near complete . |
| 13 | He started to walk backwards as together they advanced until he fell over a precipice , the hound at his throat . |
| 14 | They walked back towards the lawn in a procession at the pace of Richard 's small strides until he stumbled over a tussock of grass , admitted that he was tired and accepted a ride on the detective 's shoulders . |
| 15 | As the vote approached , it seemed likely that the favoured version would not actually stop spending if it went over a cap , but merely require a special vote to approve or disapprove it . |
| 16 | I used to love riding , but I went over a jump seven years ago and the horse stopped , but I kept on going , and I fractured my back , so I thought , I 'm too old for that . |
| 17 | The reason I 'm here is I 've been friends with Jake ever since we met over a beer or three in Germany during my Jam days , I admire him as a lyricist and I think the group has a valid future . ’ |
| 18 | A railway company has instructed its engine drivers that before they go over a crossing , they must sound their whistle , to give warning to anyone crossing . |
| 19 | The only confirmed death so far is a 16-year-old boy who burned to death after he knocked over a candle . |
| 20 | Dilwyn Bowles 's hernia appeared last September after he fell over a kitchen chair . |
| 21 | ‘ There were problems in the past with the way the fund was run , but when I took over a couple of years ago we took a very long look at our accounting system and put matters right . |
| 22 | You 'd have known so well that when you turn over a stone all kinds of creepy-crawlies come clambering out . |
| 23 | Alison , from Aberdulais , West Glamorgan , was walking to a restaurant with her boyfriend when she tripped over a kerb and fell headlong into the Georgian-style leaded windows of a shop . |
| 24 | Alison , from Aberdulais , West Glamorgan , was walking to a restaurant with her boyfriend when she tripped over a kerb and fell headlong into the Georgian-style leaded windows of a shop . |
| 25 | And the videotape of Cal and me playing Bottom and Titania in A Midsummer Night 's Dream last year , with us collapsing in giggles when she tripped over a cobweb and brought down half the lights . |
| 26 | A further way of avoiding too much time in the air is to lift the back foot as you go over a wave , this helps to stop the nose lifting . |
| 27 | Just place as many tiers as you need over a pan of simmering water of in the wok , and bingo ! |
| 28 | As she sat over a pot of tea in a quiet café she reminded herself that it was really expecting too much to find a flat as quickly as she had landed a job . |
| 29 | Lindsey smiled sympathetically as she handed over a prescription . |
| 30 | In the first incident McConville , of Lurgan Road , Aghagallon , rubbed his hands up and down her sides as she bent over a dishwasher in the kitchen . |