Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] over [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was only a bit of spare paper left and some of it had got streaks of cheese-grease on , so I went over to the newsagent 's stall and bought an exercise book for 35p . |
| 2 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 3 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
| 4 | I have tried taking the castle out , but this only makes him unhappy , so he goes over to the heater and swims underneath it . |
| 5 | Pilots were to be Russ Boardman and Lee Gehlbach , but Boardman was injured prior to the race and Doolittle found he had no mount ( his landing gear had jammed ) , so he took over for the Thompson . |
| 6 | As I held it , I knew if I looked over to the bed he 'd be there , hands behind his head , stealing , this time , an image of his widow . |
| 7 | " If I went over to the hotel now and had supper , that would give you about an hour to find a man and get ready . |
| 8 | cos I went over to the cinema , I said my |
| 9 | Robbie , if you go over to the drawer , look , the top one on the left , there are some photos , there should be one of Janet . |
| 10 | ‘ If you reach over in the back you 'll see a suede jacket . |
| 11 | ‘ If you look over in the corner , there 's a little ante-room with a single bed — intended , so I believe , to accommodate a child . ’ |
| 12 | The canal 's over that-a-way , but if we head over towards the old brickworks- ’ She unlocked a huge padlock which fastened the gates . |
| 13 | Gutters will overflow , often by no means gently and valley water can back up under tiles and underfelt , until it spills over into the room below . |
| 14 | Aunt Bedelia stayed to watch Brookside while we went over to the Jubilee Tower for the rest of the evening . |
| 15 | The evidence in the two years since he took over at the club suggests Mr O'Neill 's best efforts will be enough to secure promotion from the GM Vauxhall Conference . |
| 16 | The win maintained stand-in captain Mark Taylor 's unbeaten record in charge of Australia , who have won three and tied one since he took over from the injured Allan Border . |
| 17 | For the astonishing fact is that Malcolm Allison , soccer 's oldest boss at 65 , has revitalised a Bristol Rovers side that had won only two of 16 games before he took over from the sacked Dennis Rofe a month ago . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're going to take him to Italy when I go over for the collections . |
| 19 | When I went over to the lake one day I spotted a seagull in distress . |
| 20 | When I took over at the Department of Health and Social Security , I was under no illusion about the difficulty of my job . |
| 21 | A sudden misery enveloped me as I drove over to the gate leading into the field . |
| 22 | The day Ruth walked out of this family — when she went over to the Roman Church — she cut herself off from us . |
| 23 | She was white-faced but determined and the policemen stood back as she walked over towards the car . |
| 24 | I stared at her , transfixed , as she stepped over to the scaly green cupboard where she kept all of her books . |
| 25 | Taken from her monthly BBC Radio ‘ Woman 's Hour ’ series and culminating as she flies over for the opening night of ‘ 84 Charing Cross Road ’ . |
| 26 | We took that hill at a cracking pace , and as we handed over at the crest , and dropped back to the end of the column , Fr Courtney called out ‘ Well done I ’ to us . |
| 27 | And then when they went over to the other side of the road which I do n't walk on very often |
| 28 | ‘ This is the place sure enough , ’ said Corporal Riley as they walked over to the Bar . |
| 29 | ‘ Pickles really is absolutely hopeless , ’ he said as they walked over to the crowded marquee . |
| 30 | Their feet made loud sucking noises as they tramped over to the burn . |