Example sentences of "he [verb] over to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved over to the other side of the office and had begun searching through a well-stocked bookshelf when the phone on his desk rang close by Folly 's hand . |
| 2 | Athelstan stood for a moment in disbelief , then he moved over to the other bed post : there , in the centre , the artist had etched a life-like horse . |
| 3 | He wandered over to the far wall . |
| 4 | He strolled over to the little Park Police Station among the trees . |
| 5 | The reporter thanked him , and the camera tracked him as he trudged over to the other members of the team and they headed together towards a dark crack in the hillside . |
| 6 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 7 | He walked over to the rickety wooden gateway , drawing from his pocket a small jar he had purloined from Mait 's Bagi before Ace had blown it up . |
| 8 | He ambled over to the nearest tree — happily some metres from where I stood hidden , and turned towards the tower . |
| 9 | He was district secretary of the ITGWU and had stood on the NILP ticket a number of times before the split of 1949 , when he went over to the Irish Labour Party . |
| 10 | He went over to the biggest gift of them all , picked it up and plonked it , gratefully , in Mr Patten 's hands . |
| 11 | He looked over to the childlike form on his bed and felt a protective instinct so strong he almost wept . |
| 12 | That done , he leans over to the other side and does the same thing with his other hand and foot so that both his palms and his soles are anointed with his pungent urine . |
| 13 | He crawled over to the fallen branch by the big pine , found his second shotgun and unwrapped it . |
| 14 | He pointed over to the Japanese side . |
| 15 | He prowled over to the far side of the kitchen , then slammed down a couple of plates , as if he were suddenly finding it very hard to control his own temper . |