Example sentences of "and [verb] over [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | We have been asked to give that up and to go over to the European Community system , with the European Court and majority voting — the shoe is pinching all the time . |
2 | Once or twice a week Howard climbs into the station wagon and drives over to the little market town fifteen miles away . |
3 | A strangely-deserted sidewalk , Rex noted as he leapt out of the cab and stalked over to the fallen driver . |
4 | On seeking to patent his process , Castner discovered that a similar patent had been lodged in Germany by Karl Kellner and made over to the powerful Solvay Company in Belgium . |
5 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
6 | I bought myself some fruit and wandered over to the first tee where Brian Harley was about to drive off . |
7 | The solid trapdoor lifted and crashed over onto the tiled floor , and his heart soared as the torch light revealed the wooden rungs of a ladder descending into the darkness below . |
8 | Today she closed the door quietly behind her , and tiptoed over to the polished wooden closet , as she always did , to look at her mother 's dresses . |
9 | Pravda had commented late in 1931 : In England , as elsewhere , the task of the " Lefts " consists in hindering the workers who are becoming revolutionised from abandoning the Labour Party and going over to the revolutionary fight , to Communism . |
10 | Twelve one deals with the recommendation for economic developments and tourism sub-committee , er the er projects , and twelve two with the er , capital budget report from the director of financial services , which is in the budget book , I refer to the recommendation on these items from the budget review sub-committee , which is in their minutes , at agenda item twenty-two one , at the bottom of the third page and going over to the fourth , erm , a number of paragraphs . |
11 | If only such projects could be taken off the government 's books and handed over to the private sector , to get on with them . |
12 | Yet , on a formation basis , all these groups , including the Germans , were to be " treated as Soviet Nationals " and handed over to the Soviet authorities . |
13 | In August 1536 he was condemned as a heretic , publicly stripped of the vestments of priesthood , and handed over to the secular authorities . |
14 | He detailed two of his sergeants to check the other trolleys and walked over to the surviving terrorist . |
15 | She giggled and walked over to the other machine . |
16 | Bolt Head sat up , left his desk and walked over to the huge VDU screen that dominated one wall of his office . |
17 | He got up from his desk and stepped over to the measuring rod . |
18 | Wetherall then stumbled and fell over on the appalling pitch in the centre of the 6 yard box ( as he was correctly keeping his eye on the incoming ball ) . |
19 | Instead he swung away from her and strode over to the far side of the room . |
20 | Laughing at this last jibe , she swept some papers into her arms and went over to the far side of the nurses ' station , where files were stored , leaving Belinda relieved to be alone . |
21 | Later generations of the family spoke English as their first language and went over to the Anglican church . |
22 | At first came a very senior Sister and went over to the childless one in the corner . |
23 | ‘ Then he circled the building and crossed over to the big house . |
24 | After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair . |
25 | The first one will keep the rope taut as you move offstage and run round the back and take over from the second helper who has been keeping the ‘ load ’ end taut . |
26 | His instructions were to recover the allied prisoners of war , to disarm the Japanese , and to hand over to the lawful authority as soon as possible . |