Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He half stood up as Myeloski came towards him , when an aircraft called him over the radio . |
| 2 | He must have a suitcase of handkerchiefs , Trent thought as he met the Latino 's cold eyes studying him over the crisp white linen barricade . |
| 3 | At one point they fell out and Schine chased Cohn through a hotel lobby swatting him over the head with a rolled-up magazine , to the delight of the large Press corps , who wrote stories headlined after the dialogue of the famous duo , ‘ Positively , Mr Cohn ! ’ and ‘ Absolutely , Mr Schine ! ’ |
| 4 | Another added a series of syllables which sounded like yumyumyum to help him over the blocks . |
| 5 | Mean Malcolm whistles at him , an old lady helps him over the road , teacher expects his writing to be tidy and he has to read the part of the spineless Rapunzel . |
| 6 | The Court of Appeal held that his dismissal was fair and that it was not vitiated by a failure to consult him over the reorganisation . |
| 7 | Despite being filled with an overwhelming love and compassion for her husband , who was single-handedly fighting off one of the world 's largest corporations , she 'd also been swept by a strong desire to bash him over the head with his own fax machine ! |
| 8 | The first time Nathan knew for certain that something was n't right was when Donald smashed him over the head with a can of beans . |
| 9 | ‘ What am I supposed to do ? ’ he said in an aggrieved tone but ( fortunately , Nutty thought ) a misguided girl in puce trousers hit him over the head with a handbag and he launched himself instantly at his aggressor , being no respecter of the female sex , and thereby deflected a fair amount of Jazz 's opposition on to himself , the girl 's screaming indignation making her plight quite plain . |
| 10 | Rebecca West , representing the polite world of letters at this proletarian scene of retribution , was being told by an elderly man how he had come back from viewing his grandchildren 's bodies at the public mortuary and heard the voice of the condemned criminal mocking him over the radio . |
| 11 | From his cramped position under Biggins ' feet , the bomb aimer instructed him over the target . |
| 12 | But Faldo has reserved his most barbed comments for Alliss and the press , even though the publicity afforded him over the last 16 years has brought a £2 million home and bulging bank account worth more than £10m . |
| 13 | A TIPSY husband ended up in hospital when his wife hit him over the head with their Christmas tree . |
| 14 | The Premier could just as easily have been on the slalom — ducking and diving as MPs taunted him over the Exchange Rate Mechanism fiasco . |
| 15 | Then the orderly beats him over the head , pumps a couple of .38 's into Mahoney with a silenced gun , turns round and walks out . |
| 16 | ‘ Go now , ’ the voice commanded him over the earpiece . |
| 17 | When the Mirror confronted him over the damning documents , he said : ‘ Somebody could easily falsify records . ’ |
| 18 | But erm , the next one went can I have an ice-cream please ? and the the man hit him over the with the head with a baseball bat and he died . |
| 19 | He was a giant of a man and did the work of three , and when someone flagged with exhaustion he would appear like a genie by his side and with a quiet word help him over the temporary crisis . |
| 20 | Anne watches him over the table in that brooding speculative way of hers , as if he were a long-pondered clue in a half-completed crossword . |
| 21 | Anti-Europeans interrupted him over the failure of the ERM . |
| 22 | The ex-Scots Guardsman claims Thai police framed him over the death of fiancee Pranon Sauychaisri , 30 , who fell from the balcony of their flat . |
| 23 | A last burst of effort heaved him over the stone edge of the gable to sprawl thankfully on the slates . |
| 24 | And then as they passed the Odeon cinema the man lunged at him with his walking stick beating him over the head and arms . |
| 25 | ‘ Between ourselves , ’ she said , ‘ Ralph claims that James cheated him over the sale of Carinish Court . |
| 26 | After starting the day a stroke behind Stewart , the USPGA champion , Langer overhauled him over the seventh , eighth and ninth holes . |