Example sentences of "and [verb] it over [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have my shit , bury and cover it over like a cat , with earth and leaves , trying to ensure a faster conversion back to nature . |
| 2 | Then he heard Boy say ‘ Yes , ’ and then he heard the TV change ; Boy had got up and turned it over to a boxing match , which was something Boy never usually watched . |
| 3 | All the Official Custodian was doing was receiving the income and paying it over to the charities . |
| 4 | The woman took the money — understood to amount to several thousand pounds — to a pre-arranged drop-off point and handed it over to a member of the gang . |
| 5 | Oddly , much credit for this advance has also to be given to Pius X who , in 1909 , founded the Biblical Institute ( the Biblicum ) in Rome and handed it over to the charge of the Jesuits , the Dominicans having earlier founded the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem . |
| 6 | Er they went , had a look , took the appropriate action and er phoned the police and handed it over to the police . |
| 7 | ‘ Surely Maurice would have known what it was — and handed it over to the kidnappers accordingly . ’ |
| 8 | The poet picked it up and handed it over to the Time Lord . |
| 9 | She grabbed the edge of the page in both hands , and turned it over with a grunt of effort . |
| 10 | He had written something on a scrap of paper and folded it over at the bottom . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She drew the pan of milk off the fire and carrying it over to the table , quickly poured it into a pint pot into which she had already spooned a generous measure of treacle . |
| 13 | With much huffing and puffing , the beetles managed to lift the pebble and carry it over to the professor 's circle . |
| 14 | I 'll confirm my offer in writing and when you receive the letter you can go and talk it over with an estate agent and your solicitor . ’ |
| 15 | Curtius took his drink and carried it over to the corner . |