Example sentences of "[verb] us over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A council they oppose so much that they give us one of the lowest grants per head in the country , poll tax cap us , take us to court over redundancy payments , criticise us over the Meadow Well management and so on . |
| 2 | All these factors — and many , many more which are now a fact of our fast-paced , deadline-packed daily lives — are still helping to create symptoms of stress to the point where a single encounter with an apparently dyslexic British Telecom directory enquiries operator can all but tip us over the brink . |
| 3 | Too many people have seen us over the past two or three days so anything I do will be linked to you . |
| 4 | We had dinner with Jochen and Ingrid and Jochen showed us over the school . |
| 5 | You 'd have had us over the edge in a minute ! ’ |
| 6 | In doing this , he takes us over the ground first , telling us what to expect , what to look for , so that when the hurricane does hit it hits us harder : |
| 7 | Mike , an ex-philosophy student , was going off to Germany in the New Year ; Naomi from Bristol was about to embark on a Museum Studies course at university ; Liane , a weights and measures official , was one of the many volunteers who had helped at Uppark after the fire ; and Hugh , a quantity surveyor currently between jobs , set out to astound us over the next few days with his minimalist clothing ( some ancient jeans which were fashionably ripped at the crotch and a pair of lurid , exceedingly short shorts ) . |
| 8 | At the Din as Reserve we followed the nature trail ; a board walk steered us over the bossy bits . |
| 9 | My French climbing partner and I met in Toulouse and a short drive took us over the Pyrenees into Spain . |
| 10 | From Alta , which is a small fishing village , our chosen route took us over the high plateau towards Varanger Fiord . |
| 11 | But whether he 'd tell us over the telephone , you think ask . |
| 12 | I thank all the people who have supported us over the past eleven years and assure them that T.R. Shipping will be every bit as dedicated in the future . ’ |
| 13 | Richard Branson saved us over the boredom . |
| 14 | All that we said in Part 2 about exploiting the control video gives us over the material is as relevant to the teacher trainer as it is to the teacher . |
| 15 | Our President has covered one or two major issues that concern us now and which will continue to concern us over the next few years . |
| 16 | We walked the long , covered-in wooden bridge which led us over the Hundred Foot River to the members ' observatory . |
| 17 | Several Q.T 's have joined us over the months and have greatly enjoyed getting to know the students and working with them . |
| 18 | ‘ Some used electric sticks , some beat us over the head with handcuffs , some beat us with rifles ’ . |
| 19 | Some used electric sticks , some beat us over the head with handcuffs , some kicked us , some pulled and pushed us , some beat us with rifles . |