Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] [verb] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We both push and heave and the man 's shoulders scrape over the rim ; his arms drag up and over as Andy pushes , grunting , feet slipping on the old leaves and soil . |
| 2 | Eventually the wife 's parents took over the coffee supplying and started a tea room in the shop . |
| 3 | Charlie 's departure is the first of several , and this event is succeeded by the announcement of a further theme when the rabbi 's thunderings pass over the heads of his congregation and the writer notes : ‘ in later years I would wonder how different my life might have been if a few people , those closest to me , had been frightened — just a little . ’ |
| 4 | To a large extent we have to infer the nature of this earliest division from what we can learn of later arrangements ; in particular we are told by Gregory of Tours that in 561 Clovis 's grandsons took over the kingdoms of the previous generation ; thus , Charibert I ( 561 – 7 ) received the portion of Childebert I ( 511 – 58 ) , based on Paris ; Guntram ( 561 – 92 ) that of Chlodomer ( 511 – 24 ) , with its centre at Orléans ; Chilperic I ( 561 – 84 ) was given the kingdom of Soissons , once held by Chlothar I ( 511 – 61 ) ; while Sigibert I ( 561 – 75 ) inherited the realm of Theuderic I ( 511 – 34 ) and his descendants , Theudebert I ( 534 – 47 ) and Theudebald ( 547 – 55 ) , and established himself at Rheims . |
| 5 | But now Reynolds faces a new battle to force the sport 's rulers to hand over the £18.5 million . |
| 6 | But the results can be absolutely invaluable if one 's colleagues look over the draft and , with no holds barred , pick on every doubtful point . |