Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By protecting the producers and merchants and by imposing tolls and customs dues he could profit from it doubly so if he ruled over the English and Norman ports into which the wine was imported . |
| 2 | Someone literally got carried away towards the end of the game cos he fell over the front of his seat and banged his head . |
| 3 | Unless he came over the wall — and there 's broken glass along the top . ’ |
| 4 | While he bent over the cot , she watched him with a mischievous look ; after a little , she said she had a curious pain in her chest . |
| 5 | Yet Mowbray has been dogged by injuries since he crossed over the border . |
| 6 | Julian Lewis , from Caerphilly , Mid Glamorgan , was on a trail at Rhydyfelin when he toppled over the edge . |
| 7 | This time when he came back in to see her , the air was darkest around his form , but when he grinned over the noise of the men in the room behind the door — a woman 's laugh punctured the air beyond — and he sat down peaceably at the foot of her bed , the blue paled to a translucence like a robin 's egg . |
| 8 | He was deeply disappointed when he peered over the bank . |
| 9 | Bragg asked as he passed over the lens . |
| 10 | His arms and legs flew wide as he cartwheeled over the hood and fell in a motionless heap in the dusty road behind them . |
| 11 | As he went over the events of last Saturday night once more he recalled the complex thudding of the expertly played drum , and his rush into the derelict asylum out-building . |
| 12 | My men picked him up as he came over the Luxembourg border . |
| 13 | Delaney pushed him back , slowly at first , then with increasing ease , carrying on as he rolled over the top . |
| 14 | The report by your lawyers on the contract is with Simon , and , as he said over the phone , he will be writing to you with our reactions . |
| 15 | There was a long pause while she cleared the bed of her things , and she was aware of his eyes on her every movement as he checked over the items she 'd packed for any signs of decadence . |
| 16 | My boss stood very still as he looked over the side of the pen at the little animal . |
| 17 | Whitlock asked as he looked over the railing at the water fifty feet below him . |
| 18 | He was tucked away in a corner , the only man on his own , a solitary candle illuminating his face as he pored over the paper on which he was writing . |
| 19 | He drew off some fluid and relieved the pressure , then went back to the office , where he shook his head gloomily as he pored over the report that had come back with her from Seapark . |
| 20 | Yanto was deep in thought as he walked over the canal bridge that evening . |
| 21 | As he clambered over the rocks , parting the scrub and the brambles to peer into crevices , he heard a droning throb overhead and looked up to see a helicopter . |
| 22 | Daisy was sweating for him , and as he stumbled over the word ‘ pomegranates ’ , she could feel the collective good will of the painted ladies in the congregation urging him home like the favourite in the Grand National . |
| 23 | Behind him Grey Sombrero took a crashing fall at the Chair and broke his shoulder , but all eyes were on Crisp as he skipped over the water in front of the exhilarated spectators in the stands and swung out towards the second circuit . |
| 24 | But poor tactical kicking , especially by Jimmy Stewart , and stout Heriot 's defence , meant no more scores before half-time , though an out-of-sorts Kenny Logan dropped a scoring pass when in the clear and Brian Ireland had the ball knocked from his grasp as he dived over the line . |
| 25 | He breathed a sigh of relief as he bumped over the crest . |
| 26 | Mr Salmond undoubtedly has a point in arguing , as he did over the weekend , that any demonstrable gain which may ultimately emerge from the deal with Mr Lang was achieved without serious risk of saving the Government from a Commons defeat . |
| 27 | Soon , Mr Peter Fechter , aged 18 , the first of nearly 200 East Germans killed in the last 28 years while trying to escape , was shot as he climbed over the Wall near Checkpoint Charlie . |
| 28 | Then she caught her breath as he appeared over the transom , his lean , dripping figure a more solid shape in the gloom . |
| 29 | One of the sound system team , Anthony Adamson , gives evidence , telling of Humphreys 's spiral towards oblivion as he tussled over the turn-tables . |