Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [verb] it over the " in BNC.
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1 | The crime for which Jean Campbell was charged was one of wilful murder of her own three-year old child by throwing it over the Old Bridge in Glasgow into the River Clyde where it drowned . |
2 | And I had Avenger estate , and I done the same with that and I got away with it for ages and I what you want a do , I know what you wan na do he erm , I mean that 's that 's really sort of pushing it over the top but he got a great big sheet of polythene , he went down to ready mix and had a load of ready mix in the back of this Avenger estate , brand new he 'd only just got it ! |
3 | His style lends itself to much deadpan humour : when describing the old custom of cutting the cake by breaking it over the bride 's head , he does it without as much as a wink . |
4 | ‘ Because of the angle I had no chance of getting it over the bar with my right foot so I simply hit it with the left and it went over . ’ |
5 | He smiled , taking a last draw on the cigarette before tossing it over the rail . |
6 | BECAUSE the Labour Party does not know how to cope with popular demands in Scotland for devolution or independence , it wanted to dilute the trouble by spreading it over the whole United Kingdom , creating ‘ regional ’ authorities even in England , where there is no popular demand for them whatever . |
7 | Moz 's dinner could then be brought into the yard without dumping it over the fence ; and the horse was then led up to this food , caressed a few times , and released while he was still distracted by eating the first few mouthfuls . |