Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sudden movement of a frightened myotonic goat trying to flee triggers a rapid stiffening of limbs , back and neck that either leaves the creature unable to move or causes it to topple over , legs rigid and outstretched . |
| 2 | Mr Middleton is said to have whipped the animal several times to encourage it to climb over . |
| 3 | Want it mopped over in the morning . |
| 4 | The problem in cultivating horseradish is not so much how to make it grow well , as to curb its enthusiasm and stop it taking over the garden . |
| 5 | Although erm I do n't think I like , I never use that term and I hope it passes over . |
| 6 | Well I know it is and er I hope it comes over in a genuine way . |
| 7 | but we let it run over and the sugar the hob and it , there 's , there 's a chunk out of it |
| 8 | Er Young let it plop over |
| 9 | It 's only if you let it take over your life that it 's wrong . ’ |
| 10 | I would send it swooping over and under hers , or dive it down to the sands while I stood on a dune cliff , pulling the kite down to nick tall towers of sand I 'd built , then pulling up again , the kite trailing a spray of sand through the air from the collapsing tower . |
| 11 | Sometimes they 'd stand it up and watch it fall over , as if justifying their negligence . |
| 12 | You know , you can see it ticking over . |
| 13 | And indeed , it did hold its stout pectoral fins away from the sides of its body , and it was not hard to imagine that had it been vigorous , it could have used them to help it move over the rocky sea floor of its true environment . |
| 14 | Try wearing it belted over a pair of tailored trousers , for a smart look , or leaving it open over casual separates . |
| 15 | This would enable it to take over from more polluting plant , and ensure the expansion of electricity exports to England , on which the Scottish power industry depends . |
| 16 | Then , all the weight in the world on the wing-tip would not stop it going over . |
| 17 | I know from experience that fear can be handled if you refuse to let it take over . |
| 18 | Breathlessly we heard it trundle over our heads , knew it was almost home — then there was one little ‘ pop ’ , and silence . |
| 19 | The clocks are very expensive — some costing more than ten thousand pounds , but even in the depths of a recession the firm thought it had enough work to keep it ticking over . |
| 20 | Add the cream , bring to the boil ( without letting it boil over ) and cook for 5–10 minutes or until the cream has reduced by a third . |
| 21 | What a pity she did not discover that all she needed in the first place to remove the ‘ writer 's cramp ’ was to rest her right elbow on the table when writing instead of letting it hang over the edge without support ! |
| 22 | I 'm not letting it slip over a few measly dustbins ! ’ |
| 23 | Well then , also at dusk , of course , the other thing that made us more tired than ever , the Air Raid siren used to go off at night , so then the oil rooms are checked , and you can hear it going over , and you know how the German planes used to go , but you could hear it going over and of course in that black-out then , they used to in the moon light bright along the river Severn , we used to hear them going over and we used to think ’ Are they going to Bristol tonight , or Birmingham or Buckingham ; whether you 'd want to know ’ . |
| 24 | Well then , also at dusk , of course , the other thing that made us more tired than ever , the Air Raid siren used to go off at night , so then the oil rooms are checked , and you can hear it going over , and you know how the German planes used to go , but you could hear it going over and of course in that black-out then , they used to in the moon light bright along the river Severn , we used to hear them going over and we used to think ’ Are they going to Bristol tonight , or Birmingham or Buckingham ; whether you 'd want to know ’ . |
| 25 | A fresh tide of light was rising through them both , the erotic becoming a visionary toil as he watched it sweep over their skin , its brightness intensifying with every thrust . |
| 26 | As a result , the new temple was built to a single co-ordinated design , and the site levelled and terraced to allow it to extend over a wider area of the hill summit . |
| 27 | She achieved the crest of the road and saw it spill over , and the village in the bottom of the valley , silent as if drowned a hundred years beneath a lake . |
| 28 | His momentum carried him as far as the launcher and with out-thrust foot he sent it keeling over on to its side . |
| 29 | But you 've only got , if you w if you put chips in a basket in a chip pan if it , the fat boils up you can at least lift the chips out straight away but if you 're putting them straight into the pan there 's no hope of stopping it coming over . |
| 30 | For Franco , the key to survival lay in keeping the pot simmering , but never allowing it to boil over . |