Example sentences of "[vb infin] over [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes his eyes would glaze over for a second or two as if he were out of their world altogether . |
| 2 | When he came back shortly last year he was fast enough to get back to Ruel Fox and let Fox fall over for a penalty . |
| 3 | Finish by saying ‘ now all fall over ’ and , as you do it , you lean in to the person next to you and everyone will fall over like a row of dominoes . |
| 4 | The above example also shows how reported speech may carry over into a second sentence without any reinforcing signal . |
| 5 | Alright all I all I 'd ask is that would you erm just mention to him what I 've said and that if he believes after discussion with you that there are some pallets which are not in a fit state to send out , and they are gon na tip over on a lorry and dislodge , then they are rejected and Pete Pete knows about it and they are they are actually isolated and rewrapped . |
| 6 | Perhaps we 'll keel over in a moment . ’ |
| 7 | One jerk , one shudder , one small loss of control and it would spill over into a chaos so terrible that it could only end in death . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , it is possible that if in the manager-owner contract nexus the manager bears little risk , this may spill over into a lack of control over employees . |
| 9 | However , these grumbles , and the piecemeal reforms and constitutional pseudo-changes which they inspired , did not spill over into a generalised sense of unease about the essence of the liberal-democratic constitution itself . |
| 10 | Having set the process of achieving an ever closer economic union once more in motion , almost inevitably concern arose in some quarters over the possibility that this could spill over into a closer political union . |
| 11 | Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist . |
| 12 | During the famous Intermezzo the conductor asked Mascagni if he would take over for a moment . |
| 13 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
| 14 | We could also decide on points where the accompaniment could take over for a brief period , or perhaps form a dialogue with the melody . |
| 15 | ‘ You could let Rose take over for a little . ’ |
| 16 | And Dicky can take over as a footman — he may need a few lines changed here and there . ’ |
| 17 | If the new system does offer real advantages then peer-group pressure might take over after a time and accelerate the change-over . |
| 18 | is in the weigh-bridge at present , checking in the grain deliveries , and will take over in an hour or so . |
| 19 | ‘ If someone has been living on the streets for a number of years he ca n't switch over to an organized life in a couple of days … it is too sudden . |
| 20 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 21 | If it is approved , the producer and creative team can then choose a production company and director , brief them and obtain a quote which the producer will go over with a toothcomb , obtaining alternative quotes from other companies if necessary . |
| 22 | Mm Oh that would be alright if we go yeah we can all go over for a nice little run out |
| 23 | Yeah but i if you 're gon na go over by a hundred percent and you 've got people there working overtime |
| 24 | After the election , the bosses allowed Mr Kaifu to continue as prime minister on the strict understanding that he would hand over to a heavyweight like the former foreign minister , Mr Shintaro Abe , when the going got rough . |
| 25 | Oh , the dear love , thought Leith , having just realised that , heartsick for a sight of Rosemary , he must have been hoping that Rosemary was back and that she might , if asked , come over for a cup of coffee . |
| 26 | The answer is that , despite his biographer 's sterling efforts to dig up neat psychoanalytic excuses for even his most venal sins , a Dickens often given to kindness , empathy and geniality but more predominantly disposed to be cruel , self-centred , self-pitying and sententious does not come over as an especially lovable specimen . |
| 27 | He 's gon na come over in a minute and get him ! |
| 28 | Just something to let you get over into a nice easy sleep , John . |
| 29 | True , Brian Robinson did get over from a maul on the All Black 's line before the worst happened — although the Australian referee , Sandy McNeill , was unfortunately the only individual within a hundred metres who failed to note the touchdown . |
| 30 | But , all the same , as she remembered those brief moments in the water , she felt her heart turn over with a flip-flop of pleasure . |