Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] over [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa . |
| 2 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 3 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | All the Official Custodian was doing was receiving the income and paying it over to the charities . |
| 7 | On each overseas train , a team of fitters and lifters from the Works accompanied them to their destination and handed them over to the RAMC coupled up , and ready for use . |
| 8 | He denounced the entire coven of Slaanesh worshippers , including his mother , and handed them over to the Phoenix King . |
| 9 | We tied his arms behind his back and handed him over to the next village headman we encountered . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Er they went , had a look , took the appropriate action and er phoned the police and handed it over to the police . |
| 13 | ‘ Surely Maurice would have known what it was — and handed it over to the kidnappers accordingly . ’ |
| 14 | The poet picked it up and handed it over to the Time Lord . |
| 15 | They caught a suspicious individual one evening , and turned him over to the police ; but he turned out to be a frightened bilberry-picker who had lost his way . |
| 16 | She grabbed the edge of the page in both hands , and turned it over with a grunt of effort . |
| 17 | They grabbed my arms and swung me over to a mat lying at the side then undid the strap around my ankles . |
| 18 | The policeman took her gently by the arm and walked her over to the counter . |
| 19 | He had written something on a scrap of paper and folded it over at the bottom . |
| 20 | Lorimer grinned and beckoned her over to the long windows . |
| 21 | The rise of the Greens had placed the SPD in a difficult position , in that any attempt to capture moderate votes might alienate existing party supporters and drive them over to the Greens . |
| 22 | For at last the witch was weakened by Carmellina 's guile , and hoisted her to her feet , and pulled her over to the window and pointed down the stony path that led to one of her lair 's doors , and to the Indian fig cacti growing there in bat-eared monster shapes , and said , ‘ I 've always fancied a new little number , made to measure , of stuff woven from prickly-pear skins , bit of red for excitement , but mainly green , it 's so elegant , do n't you think , with long sleeves and a full skirt sweeping around me , with a bit of a train … . |
| 23 | Her carried her up to the solar and delivered her over to the care of his sister and Ellen , leaving her with a look in his blue eyes that clearly said later . |
| 24 | And if you do go back there , at least phone me occasionally and ask me over for a meal — I 'll bring a bottle of vino . |
| 25 | Fallon still had a bit of work to do , even then , but he had already bumped off Perrins and Hannaford with one uncompromising run and this time his strength buried the rest of the Gloucester defence and took him over for a try in the corner . |
| 26 | Mr Jarvis grinned and , as she picked up the squirrel and took him over to the recovery cage , he followed and stood watching as she settled her patient down . |
| 27 | Some of the near contemporary songs which have survived from the period describe Rodrigo himself as capturing Garcia and handing him over to the brothers . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She 's not comi oh what do you want me to do , pick her up and carry her over to the house ? |