Example sentences of "[verb] but [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toby checked carefully through the boarding annexe after school , and then there was nothing to be done but hand over to Hilary Frome . |
| 2 | In the other , the church is founded but taken over early on by the Popes in Rome and by priests who use magic and ritual to gain control of God 's people , thus profaning his divine word . |
| 3 | I turned to run but slipped over , and that was too much even for my sister who came to my rescue and dared them to throw any more . |
| 4 | You are as free a man as I am , we do but agree over the hire of a courier . |
| 5 | Addamax , whose security technology was submitted but passed over when OSF selected SecureWare for its OSF/1 operating system , filed the $100m anti-trust suit in April 1991 , also naming Hewlett-Packard and Digital . |
| 6 | I can not help but marvel over the miracle of cordless technology when perched 40ft high , drilling through roof rafters with a cordless tool , not having to worry about tripping over the cable or whether it 's going to rain . |
| 7 | There had been several nasty incidents recently in the town when lone women had been subjected to attacks of one kind or another , so she could n't help but look over her shoulder as she made her way along the rows of parked cars to where her small Fiesta was parked next to a sleek-looking Jaguar . |