Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] over [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delving into her bag , Cara extracted a few cards from her wallet and passed them over to her , and while Fabia , who knew her sister went by her maiden name in her job , was looking at the printed cards that announced ‘ Cara Kingsdale , Verity magazine ’ , Cara was suggesting , ‘ Keep those by you just in case Mr Gajdusek wants proof that you represent Verity . |
| 2 | ‘ How do you mean , you wrote this ? ’ demands Howard , taking the book and turning it over in his hands . |
| 3 | After all , death frightens the hell out of everyone ; so once you 'd gone and got it over with you might feel quite light-hearted . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't want you collapsing on us — not good for the department 's reputation , ’ she joked lightly , and wheeled him round and handed him over to his wife . |
| 5 | On one such incident I was in command of Venturous patrolling in the Straits of Dover at the end of a very busy Bank Holiday , during which we had followed a suspect yacht from just outside Calais , and handed her over to our special unit in Dover . |
| 6 | But the tales that were told were not only gruesome but frightening — in fact sickening is probably a better word — of what happened to you if the desert Arab got hold of you and handed you over to his womenfolk . |
| 7 | There you will see the sign , a big board … that 's where … he smiled his big smile again as he tore off the piece of paper and handed it over to me . |
| 8 | He picked garments up and turned them over with his fingertips , gingerly , as if they were disgusting . |
| 9 | Sandison took the hat and turned it over in his hands . |
| 10 | Jack took it from her and turned it over in his hand . |
| 11 | that if had relinquished all his responsibility regarding the mortgage and so on and signed it over to you , then you could have turned round and say alright that 's it , I 'm going to sell the house |
| 12 | He grabbed the paper back , scribbled something else and shoved it over to me again . |
| 13 | Well , the immunologist from the clinic went in and evaluated Ron and basically told him that he had … that he was not going to live more than the most a few weeks , and he could have control over the time of his death if he wished , and that was his decision to make , and he should think about it and talk it over with me . |
| 14 | At the end of July , with Responsions successfully behind him as well as a happy celebratory birthday outing for Helen spent with Harry and Janet , Edward was still as hesitant as in his early letters to Hooton : ‘ May I bring a paper in manuscript and talk it over with you ? |
| 15 | Went and pulled her over for it . |
| 16 | He filled the cup from Fox 's messkit and brought it over to her . |
| 17 | ‘ I wanted to look pale and interesting and bowl him over with my sparkling wit ! ’ |
| 18 | The Sergeants would take us for training sessions and escort us over to our meals , but it was the Corporals who governed our lives . |
| 19 | She saw the woman summon a footman and point at her , and the footman duly arrived to collect Artemis and take her over to her father and his friend . |
| 20 | ‘ Tony was thinking of packing it in over a month ago but I told him to go away and talk it over with his family first . |
| 21 | She gently eased it off his lap , gave it a few licks and pushed it over to me for first bite . |