Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] over [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to examine the word , turning it over like a rare gem . |
| 2 | But I was awoken from my daydreaming by her calling me over to the large chest which stood beneath the window . |
| 3 | No wonder they 're sending him over to the mad house for th ’ electric . ’ |
| 4 | That wave will send gradual ripples through the market — but it will not be a tidal wave — to float house-owners carelessly upwards before tipping them over into an angry sea of debt . |
| 5 | The Germans , defeated , suffering every form of deprivation , were not and could hardly be expected to be enthusiastic about dismantling the only source of their livelihood and handing it over to the hated Russians . |
| 6 | Much credit is due to the quick thinking of his jockey John Buckingham riding in his first Grand National , in steering him over to the wide outside and popping him through a gap . |