Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , as pecuniary punishments may increase the number of robbers , by increasing the number of poor , and may deprive an innocent family of subsistence , the most proper punishment will be that kind of slavery , which alone can be called just ; that is , which makes society , for a time , absolute master of the person , and labour of the criminal , in order to oblige him to repair , by this dependence , the unjust despotism he usurped over the property of another , and his violation of the social compact . |
| 2 | Elected vice-provost in 1929 , he was a unanimous choice as provost in 1933 ; and such was the hold he established over the college that the fellows prolonged his tenure as provost for two years so that he retired in 1954 . |
| 3 | In 1649 he became deputy chief justice of the Chester circuit , in which capacity he presided over the trials of James Stanley , seventh Earl of Derby , Sir Timothy Fetherstonhaugh [ qq.v. ] , and John Benbowe in October 1651 . |
| 4 | Claudia , standing by the window , looking down at the street , knew the moment he stepped over the threshold . |
| 5 | On Christmas Day he grieved over the loss of his ‘ second board of the season and nursed one useless half of it all afternoon . |
| 6 | World leaders marvelled at the spell he cast over the crowds . |
| 7 | As they came up into the May morning he hopped over the ditch and skipped into the long grass as blithe as a squirrel . |
| 8 | His accuracy and stinginess with runs made him almost without equal as a one-day bowler , for he could both contain and attack at the same time since the bounce he got from his great height and the control he had over the ball gave him the extra penetration that brought wickets . |
| 9 | Swallowing the last of the scone he ran over the drive and into the house to see Martin disappearing into the study . |
| 10 | Struck by a thought he looked over the street , where the gaslights were being lighted . |
| 11 | The room fell silent , and from his great height he gazed over the room with that familiar expression he put on when being headmasterly — an expression that was at once dyspeptic yet predatory ( for were they not , after all , his prey ? ) . |
| 12 | Although his face was damp with perspiration he winked over the rim of his coffee mug , and Chuck , reassured , smiled back . |
| 13 | In the unfamiliar darkness he wondered over the peculiarities of the day . |
| 14 | Every time he tried to pass a player he tripped over the ball or just lost it . |