Example sentences of "run over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The sad story of how a new dog harness snapped and Putzie the Yorkie was run over and later died — Ed ) |
| 2 | The thrust of their loose end , as of details like the murderer 's yellow cubby-hole — coffinlike , his mother calls it — and Marmeladov 's greenish-yellow face and the mortal yellow-black bruise over the heart after he gets run over , is metaphysical and apocalyptic , not documentary . |
| 3 | I did n't hear what he shouted , but I was pretty lucky I was n't run over , cos to tell the truth I was n't really looking where I was going . |
| 4 | When we see her we are so afraid she might get run over or lost . ’ |
| 5 | He got them when he was run over by his father 's new Grand Am . |
| 6 | He bumped into people without realising it , walked into walls and was almost run over by Tock in his protective case . |
| 7 | ‘ I must do just a few more menial things before I go to bed ’ or , more oddly , ‘ I was nearly run over on my menial way this morning . ’ |
| 8 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 9 | People were run over by trains because they would stretch themselves out on the rails for a quick nap , or because they were drunk . |
| 10 | Gets run over or something . |
| 11 | ‘ Mouse ’ was to go on to a succession of schools — at all of which he was unhappy — and to Oxford , where he was run over by a train under circumstances which strongly suggested suicide . |
| 12 | The narrator , returning to the box shortly afterwards , finds that the signalman has been run over by a train . |
| 13 | While you were missing , I had to deal with a dog that had been run over . ’ |
| 14 | You 'd take in an incapable because if he fell in the roadway , he might get run over . |
| 15 | Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car . |
| 16 | He was run over by at least twelve wagons before the train was brought to an halt . |
| 17 | I find it difficult to understand those who say they are planning for next year 's championships — what is the point , they could be run over by a bus before next year ? |
| 18 | And when it comes to crossing the traffic , designated places are set aside , a limited time is given to cross , and some , perhaps through their own lack of judgement , will be unlucky and be run over . |
| 19 | I was nearly run over in New Palace Yard after the vote by the surge of Jaguars roaring out of the carpark and off to the country for the weekend . |
| 20 | They were run over en route . |
| 21 | Was Queen Rosa 's long championship run over ? |
| 22 | The 41-year-old victim died instantly when he was run over by a Bedford van less than a mile from his home in Witney , Oxon . |
| 23 | Enid Nightshade , the new girl who arrived last term and was now their friend , came zooming over the treetops and screeched to a halt so forcefully that her cat and suitcase shot off the back , and Maud and Mildred had to leap out of the way to avoid being run over . |
| 24 | Since then he 's had to live through his first wife being run over and his second screen love , unconvincing animal righter and hippie chick Kerry Bishop , being shot dead by illegal duck hunters . |
| 25 | Was she run over ? |
| 26 | The shocked driver assumed that he had run over and killed someone on the line , but on investigation there was no injured person to be found . |
| 27 | ‘ It was pretty close for a while , but in the last two sets I got run over by a Mack truck , ’ said Navratilova , who told the crowd that next year will probably be her last year of competing on the tour as a singles player . |
| 28 | Another said , ‘ Well , if I cross the road I might get run over , and if I have sex I might get AIDS . |
| 29 | Maybe he 's annoyed because he ca n't quite figure what all this has to do with what the programme describes as ‘ the cyberspace experience ’ , maybe it 's because a minute ago he was nearly run over by a 30-foot-high mutoid metal minotaur , but he looks about ready to chin someone . |
| 30 | Tot run over by car trailer |