Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when police illuminated their blue light he pulled over . |
| 2 | After the final session he signed over all the household possessions to his wife and their three children . |
| 3 | Another thing that tickled me about that game was that when vinny had got his second he went over to one of the hoardings that had ‘ Alexei Sayle ’ written on it and kicked the shit out of it for some reason ( same goal I think as above ) |
| 4 | Abel Smith II also became a partner in his family 's bank in Nottingham , whose management he took over on his father 's death in 1757 . |
| 5 | As his wife , as his Louise , had slipped , there was no friend with whom he could share the sorrow he felt over his son . |
| 6 | Dane muttered something , and she froze , but after a moment he rolled over , and the sounds of his breathing told her he 'd fallen into a still deeper sleep . |
| 7 | But after a moment he turned over again , mumbling thickly : ‘ Harri ? |
| 8 | With a broad smile he comes over . |
| 9 | The policy of austerity and a strong franc , which he had so staunchly defended for the best part of a decade ( and which had earned him such praise abroad ) , was being blamed within France for recession and for the record level of unemployment ( it broke through the symbolic 3m mark the day he handed over the reins of government ) . |
| 10 | From a virtual standstill he jumped over . |
| 11 | Instead , a ‘ position de barrage ’ a well-organised defensive wall was to be erected along the ‘ Line of Resistance ’ that Pétain had traced out the night he took over command . |
| 12 | This was refused , and next month he handed over what powers still remained to Suharto . |
| 13 | On his way across the waste ground he tripped over some rusty car parts and was injured . |
| 14 | At nine o'clock on the Monday morning he drove over to Kilburn . |
| 15 | His output is prodigious and it springs from the unbending control he exercises over every aspect of his life . |
| 16 | The granite control he exerted over his features said it all as he clipped the keys to his own ring . |
| 17 | Ironically , on the day when the knives were out for Taylor , his main support came not just from the man he took over from in July 1990 but also from Terry Venables , a potential successor . |
| 18 | Athelstan was surprised at the precociousness of the child and , despite his tender years , the sway he held over his formidable uncle . |
| 19 | Although he was forbidden to get out of bed he sneaked over every evening and peeped out , unable to resist looking . |
| 20 | The ‘ sloshed ’ friend broke his ankle so as a good turn he took over the driving . |
| 21 | Still hurrying along at a hundred miles an hour he leaned over towards me and lowered his voice . |
| 22 | he was in bed with her and she and no she pushed her husband and of course he turned over naturally , he were n't , he did n't know and she pushed him again and he tied them up there , took all their jewellery off of them |
| 23 | He drove for his life , knew that Curly Top would be screaming into the radio he carried over his shoulder , screaming for his storm-troopers to find and stop the Jeep . |
| 24 | Darkroom work for Cecil Beaton ( whom he also regularly photographed ) and for Peter Rose Pulham ( whose studio he took over in Berkeley Square when the latter went to Paris to become a painter ) provided Goodman with the visual stimulus that helped create his most imaginative work . |
| 25 | Basil was fastidious in his preparation from the spotless cleanliness of the palettes and water-pots to the care he took over material displayed . |
| 26 | The 300 acres of farmland and garden he took over 13 years ago , have been turned into a monument to organic production . |
| 27 | Crawling out of bed , doubled over with the pain in his gut he hobbled over to the window and let out a frightened cry . |
| 28 | As he approached the coastline he passed over a merchant ship . |
| 29 | If something went wrong with his contract killer perhaps he would talk it over the way he talked over his builder . |
| 30 | That application form put him on the ladder , not only to the top of the Japanese profession , but to international recognition — on 1 January this year he took over the chairmanship of the International Accounting Standards Committee . |