Example sentences of "[v-ing] they over the " in BNC.

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1 Bashing them over the head would be really tricky , take it from me . ’
2 I have you and all at your magazine to thank for your support , but listening to the troubles of fishkeepers on the telephone and when meeting them over the last twelve months I am left in no doubt that there is a vast array of undetectable contaminants in our tapwater , apart from just chlorine , which consistently depress fish condition and render them less able to resist stress and infection .
3 How would we feel if France started putting its criminals in boats and sending them over the Channel to us ?
4 Dipping her two hands in the neck of Cissie 's night-shift , Beth drew out the long brown locks , spreading them over the collar and fanning the hair out as it was not altogether dry .
5 As for what he 's doing now , I do n't know , he 'll still be tipping them over the bar somewhere .
6 A spokesman said : ‘ The damage may have been caused by the surf dragging them over the rocks .
7 Acknowledging the concepts of Dansereau ( 1957 ) that man creates new genotypes and new ecosystems , he considers nature without man as natural biogeography in Part I of his book and then uses this as a datum against which to set the larger Part II in which cultural biogeography is concerned with the effects of man in changing the genetic make-up of plants and animals , in redistributing them over the earth 's surface , and in altering the structure of many ecosystems .
8 She was watching them over the rim of the glass , looking from one to the other of their faces , trying to follow their too rapid talk .
9 There was a moment 's hesitation , then the boy 's prints were flashed up on the screen , the computer superimposing them over the others .
10 The masks , however , were specially constructed — made from heavy-duty , vulcanised rubber and fitted by stretching them over the actors ' heads so that they clamped underneath the nose and at the back of the crown .
11 And you ca n't do that by beating them over the head with clichéd , didactic behaviour .
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