Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [verb] over " in BNC.
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1 | Kayley Desmond , 14 months , had suffered three respiratory attacks where she suddenly stopped breathing over a few hours , Nurse Maxine Motley told Nottingham Crown Court . |
2 | She found herself half listening to his gossip , her mind drifting away to Piers and Nicole , wondering whether the day they were spending together had spilled over into night , and whether her husband suspected anything about what was between them . |
3 | Politics constantly tended to take over and remould such pre-political elements for its own purposes . |
4 | Also Whittaker , the English master , must have suffered with my transposition of a simple sentence in basic english , but nevertheless seemed to enthuse over anything I did in the manner of an essay . |
5 | ‘ The way you just came barging over just now — you could have blown everything I 've been working towards sky-high . ’ |
6 | But it pissed me off no end when he finally decided to change over because he shut up shop while he did it , leaving me with no Saturday job and no money . |
7 | Obliged to give her full attention to the crowd around her , Rory felt a stab of annoyance dagger-sharp when she finally managed to glance over towards the mystery man 's table , only to discover his seat was empty . |
8 | I just said Miss over and over |
9 | MR BOB Reid , head of Shell UK , yesterday agreed to take over the chairmanship of British Rail under a deal that will bring him £2 million over five years . |
10 | And if he ever decided to stay over when he had n't told me in advance , he 'd always ring and tell me where I could reach him . |
11 | I bet they deliberately ran Squidge over . ’ |
12 | Wait till she tells her husband she nearly got run over . |
13 | We nearly got run over ! |
14 | Emma just tried to Emma nearly got run over ! |
15 | He also agreed to hand over to the US government $7,300,000 which was frozen in a number of Swiss bank accounts . |
16 | Both of them now wanted to hurry over to Athena Gardens . |
17 | Nevertheless , working class women could still filter out useful information from a visit to a School for Mothers , and as the local authorities increasingly came to take over the Schools and Babies ' Welcomes and turn them into infant welfare centres , so they became more acceptable to working class women . |
18 | He even offered to come over in person to explain them . |
19 | Sir Claus pointed out that allegations of political interference in statistics are not new , and revealed that he twice threatened to resign over attempts to change or suppress reports under Labour governments . |
20 | I wrote up the notes , made myself some scrambled eggs , then decided to walk over to the post office to see if my brother had telephoned last night with any message . |
21 | To her astonishment the intruder kicked the door shut behind him with a thrust of one foot , then proceeded to saunter over to where she was still sprawled in amazement across the bed . |
22 | You should record for the English No , and everyone elses , everyone else kept coming over to me . |
23 | It is believed the money allegedly went missing over a long period , dating back to last season 's Cup Final . |
24 | She half turned to look over her shoulder ; when he followed her gaze , he saw that Sophie was standing in the doorway . |
25 | The aliens very definitely had taken over . |