Example sentences of "[coord] he [vb past] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hudson , 93 at the interval , soon became the first batsman to score a century on Test debut for South Africa — Wessels had achieved the feat for Australia — and he prevailed over the partnership that carried South Africa to within eight of the lead entering the third day . |
| 2 | While he was deliberating , another thought suddenly struck Huy , and he leant over the edge of the trough , feeling the girl 's stomach and breasts . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll fucking tame you , ’ Paddy said , and he knocked over the table in his attempt to rise . |
| 4 | The sessions were postponed and he escaped over the roof . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't partic — ’ and he stumbled over the word , ‘ particular lely want to be a bird … ’ |
| 6 | He had forgotten to take off his spectacles and he peered over the top of them . |
| 7 | I got a cat trapped up here , right , it was chasing Jones and I goes I got you now , and he jumped over the wall . |
| 8 | I 'm , I , I noticed er Ricky , they were coming across I was er washing the erm venetian blinds up in the er er bedrooms and he came out with his young lady and er they came down ac across the grass and he was in front , and he jumped over the fence at the bottom , and she this little , and she was ha was having to climb and she was stuck th like that , and he looked back and thought she , he , she was with him and when he s and er he went back , but he went back , and I thought to myself oh like a gentleman , and lifted her over . |
| 9 | The senators smile faded and he leaned over the rail to let the ash that had formed on his cigar fall into the muddy river . |
| 10 | From 1844 to 1846 he was chairman of the provisional committee formed to build one , and he presided over the board of the Cornwall Railway in 1846–50 . |
| 11 | The first Supervisor ( 1856 ) of the whole natural history collections was Richard Owen , and he presided over the move to South Kensington ( 1881 ) . |
| 12 | But he planed over the pine trees calling out powerfully , the sound of it echoing among the heather-clad pools of the moor , and into the recesses of the silent pine forest . |
| 13 | and she said she , its cos she said , she said of course if its because she 's so used to Joe he would of , I said yeah but he went over the top did n't he , cos he always did every thing to perfection , I said you ca n't have Joe doing it |