Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] it over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a rustle beside her as Gladys removed a shapeless cardigan and hung it over the back of the adjoining chair . |
| 2 | At the door of the Registrar 's office was a long line of people ending at the desk where the Officer 's clerk sat drinking tea and lording it over the supplicants . |
| 3 | Lee took hold of the bike and pulled it over the fence . |
| 4 | 4 Allow the sauce to cool for 1 minute , add the cinnamon stick and pour it over the oranges . |
| 5 | The pimp took the strip and placed it over the other girl 's mouth . |
| 6 | Well we used to get a bucket and throw it over the v over like that . |
| 7 | Tolkien too might think of the Norse legend of the ‘ Undying Lands ’ , the Odáinsakr : when King Hadding reached its boundary the witch who guided him killed a cock and threw it over the wall — a moment later he heard the cock crow before he himself had to turn away and go back to mortality . |
| 8 | She got the thin iron frying pan from the shelf and put it over the heat with some fat in it . |
| 9 | He watched in horrified fascination as the lieutenant took out a single match and poised it over the striking strip . |
| 10 | If you get a basin of water from the old man 's shop and pour it over the man , it 'll help . ’ |
| 11 | Now cover your whole head with a towel and put it over the steaming bowl so the towel forms a ‘ tent ’ to catch the steam . |
| 12 | Chiefly by digging the underlying marl and spreading it over the sandy top-soil he converted it into rich cornlands and raised the value of his Holkham estate from £5,000 to £20,000 a year within fifteen years . |
| 13 | You can either frost the cooled cake as usual or you can warm up the frosting and pour it over the cake like a glaze . |
| 14 | He shrugs off the jacket of his suit and drapes it over the back of a chair . |
| 15 | He fetched water and splashed it over the twitching boy . |
| 16 | Any finer detail required in the painting is achieved simply by mixing white with the appropriate colour and applying it over the top of the darker colours for an opaque effect . |
| 17 | He took off his jacket and slung it over the back of the seat , feeling the sun warm on his neck . |
| 18 | Finally he wandered through into the kitchen , pulled off his jacket and draped it over the back of a chair . |
| 19 | In the heat of the kitchen she had removed her costume jacket and hung it over the back of a nearby chair . |
| 20 | She removed her jacket and hung it over the hook on the kitchen door , and did the same with her hat , then warily walked into the living-room . |
| 21 | ‘ What are you doing ? ’ he asked conversationally , divesting himself of his jacket and slinging it over the sofa . |
| 22 | Spread a little royal icing over the cake drum , colour the coconut brown and scatter it over the icing on the drum for fairground grass . |
| 23 | McAllister had a great chance but put it over the bar . |
| 24 | But two years of severe drought in the region have prompted suggestions to give the project a higher priority and to build it over the next two years rather than the next 14 , as originally planned . |
| 25 | I ran it behind each radiator and draped it over the pair of mounting brackets on each radiator . |
| 26 | ‘ So you 'd write a carbon-backed slide with this message and project it over the film . |
| 27 | He got up from his chair , fetched a rolled-up plan from the top of the sideboard and spread it over the litter on the table . |
| 28 | After what seemed like a good twenty minutes of this he took a handful of rice from a gourd at his belt and scattered it over the waters . |
| 29 | Shaken off balance by her startling thoughts , Isabel glanced away , stepping out of her gown and hanging it over the table . |
| 30 | He switched out the light , but the darkness made his skin crawl so he switched it back on , then took Sophie 's sweater from the floor and draped it over the lampshade . |