Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 2 | Nevertheless I arranged to drive over to Strondonald the following Saturday afternoon and join him for tea . |
| 3 | It was a reasonably clear evening and since I had already had a couple of glasses of champagne I decided to cycle over to Sally 's flat in Fulham . |
| 4 | I DECIDED to hand over a half share in my bungalow to my daughter now , and leave the other half share in my will to my grandchildren . |
| 5 | I managed to keep afloat then till , as I said we found this half a lifeboat and there was couple of fellows and er I managed to swim over to that and pull myself up on it and for there the inflatable off the standby boat came alongside , picked us up and put us on then standby boat . |
| 6 | I had to bend over , parallel to the body , to get the nail file under the nails . |
| 7 | As she did this , she told me a chant I had to say over and over again . |
| 8 | Yeah , but , I had to take over , where she left off . |
| 9 | I had to go over to them and say , I 'm sorry but we 're going to have to close for a bit . |
| 10 | Of course , I had to go over and see to them . ’ |
| 11 | Suddenly , one of the organisers called my number , I had to take off my socks and shoes as you had to do the jump in bare feet and I had to go over to get weighed again on different scales to make sure I was using the correct cord ( they were very safety conscious about every aspect of the jump ) . |
| 12 | ‘ I had to go over and get it in person . |
| 13 | No , I 've had , no I 've go , I had to go over to shit ! |
| 14 | Yeah well I could n't so I had to come over and and buy them a flipping new one ! |
| 15 | ‘ I had to jump over a hedge , ’ she said , ‘ and I tore my bloomers . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ His engineer would not take over as he had had a full day 's terror , so I volunteered to take over engine control in his place . |
| 17 | I went through what I wanted to say over and over again , unable to respond to Mary 's attempts to reassure me . |
| 18 | I had much on my mind , and I wanted to ponder over my problems , real or imaginary . |
| 19 | She tried to look over her shoulder , to see the face of the driver , to mouth some kind of warning to him but she could see nothing . |
| 20 | She offered to make over her full allowance of 28s.6d. per week from the Air Ministry to cover the cost of her stay in St. Peter 's and the cost of the ambulance ( ten shillings ) . |
| 21 | She struggled to look over her shoulder at him , but her arms were tied too tightly for that so she lifted her shoulders and thrust her chin up , like someone attempting a headstand . |
| 22 | Normally , she preferred to stay over at Antonia 's when the occasion arose . |
| 23 | Folly cast her eye down the column of names , but it ran off the bottom of the page and she had to turn over . |
| 24 | In the event she had to step over one of its feet . |
| 25 | She wanted to lean over and touch him , and , fearful though she was of men , and she shrank at the thought , she wanted him to touch her — gently , of course . |
| 26 | I thought I 'd better come here first , though , in case you wanted to take over . " |
| 27 | with considerable courage , as you may think , she refused to hand over her money , whereupon there was a fight . |
| 28 | Indeed her actions are applauded : ‘ with considerable courage , as you may think , she refused to hand over her money ’ . |
| 29 | If we can get past the clutter , we found that out , when , in our generation we tried to switch over to decimalisation , |
| 30 | We prepared to hand over this , the developed area of our work , to people who brought to it experience rather different from our own . |