Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had washed and curled her silvery hair and left it long , brushing it so that it hung over one shoulder in a silky-pale swath , a style she never favoured . |
| 2 | Such overly anxious and insecure horses are usually found amongst the Thoroughbred population , where speed is of such importance that it predominates over every other desirable characteristic . |
| 3 | His palm was rotating over her breast , filling her with a delicious lassitude , the unfamiliar feeling overwhelming her in the way that it took over her whole body , his touch vibrating through every nerve and firing every pulse . |
| 4 | Place this on the very top of the roof so that it bends over on each side . |
| 5 | And then it got that it blew over did n't it ? |
| 6 | He deliberately pushed his chair so that it fell over , walked down the stage steps and up the gangway of the auditorium . |
| 7 | For instance , in the Finale Paray drives the music very hard from start to finish , with the result that it comes over as something genuinely exciting as well as grand and loud . |
| 8 | A realist approach lays stress on the belief that the world has an existence independent of any observer ; that it stands over against us as an entity in its own right . |
| 9 | It will be interesting to see if Novell comes to any of the same business decisions once it takes over . |
| 10 | But the muscles had no strength to sustain it , and it fell over forwards , hitting its nose on the ground . |
| 11 | The bumper struck the container and it fell over . |
| 12 | Brushing past the plant and it fell over , that 's all . |
| 13 | and then on top of that he took the battery off Pat 's car and it fell over in the front so all the acid burnt the carpet ! |
| 14 | As she came within a few yards of it , however , a shudder passed down its spine , and it rolled over , showing its face to the sleet . |
| 15 | and it worked , and it got over to Australia , it got unpacked and it still worked when it got to Australia , and it went on the stand and it stood on the stand for a week or however long it was . |
| 16 | Newcastle took the lead after a quarter of an hour , but a shot from Northampton 's Bradshaw was too powerful for the keeper to hold and it went over his head into the net . |
| 17 | In a bid to bring in larger audiences its name was changed to the Palace of Varieties and it went over to non-stop vaudeville and variety for three years . |
| 18 | ‘ Because of the angle I had no chance of getting it over the bar with my right foot so I simply hit it with the left and it went over . ’ |
| 19 | The note of laughter in his voice matched the rising gurgle in herself and it came over in her voice as she said , ‘ Kitty McKenna ? |
| 20 | so you could pull it up and down and the effects went out the bottom of the tube , the tube came up like that and it came over , and like that and then the shade would be like that and then you could swing it round |
| 21 | You scramble on to it and it topples over ; you feel you will never learn the strange , simple secret . |
| 22 | and it pulled over and the next thing I saw this smoke puffing , Nathan was sitting |
| 23 | He imagined being shot in the water and it closing over his head , filling his mouth and lungs , the last moments of life choked out of him . |
| 24 | You only have to look at a prole in this book and it rolls over to have its tummy tickled . |
| 25 | Gutters will overflow , often by no means gently and valley water can back up under tiles and underfelt , until it spills over into the room below . |
| 26 | Gangs tend to pick on houses rather than businesses , torturing a family until it hands over its money ( many Vietnamese keep all their cash at home ) . |
| 27 | As the vote approached , it seemed likely that the favoured version would not actually stop spending if it went over a cap , but merely require a special vote to approve or disapprove it . |
| 28 | If it continues over a long period it could even lead to stunted growth . |
| 29 | If it goes over that I 'm out . ’ |
| 30 | Use a smooth , round container of known capacity ; aerate the water while treatment is being carried out , and watch the fish constantly for signs of distress — if it keels over , return it immediately to the pond . |