Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our eyes met and all the while we were sitting down discussing what we had to do and how we were going to go about it over the four days of the course , my gaze kept returning to the sour-faced buzzard . |
| 2 | He said he 'd think about it over the weekend , and let Paul know on the Monday . |
| 3 | No that was that was the Friday and as it says th well I do n't know if it says there or not , but they said what would happen , they 'd think about it over the weekend and they 'd contact me the Monday afternoon erm to make a final decision . |
| 4 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 5 | This was meant to be the moment of her greatest satisfaction , when she unleashed on him all the bitterness and resentment that she had carried inside her over the years . |
| 6 | It 'll be a way to acknowledge the end of an era as well as to acknowledge the people who contributed to it over the last 20 years . |
| 7 | Peter called to him : ‘ Lord if it is you , tell me to come to you over the water . ’ |
| 8 | It had come to him over the last year or so that there was only one thing that made him different from other men , and that was the weight he was carrying on his mind . |
| 9 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 10 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
| 11 | Liz , the receptionist , peered at me over the top of her pink-rimmed spectacles . |
| 12 | Rod Porter peered at her over the top of his book , glancing at the other visitors . |
| 13 | He drinks from his can and looks at me over the top of it . |
| 14 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 15 | The sun crept towards me over the red tiles . |
| 16 | Ellen Jebeau brought her lips tightly together and drew them inwards between her teeth before she said , with deep bitterness , ‘ I do n't know about it being a time for plain speaking , I can only say that time has shown your ingratitude for what I 've done for you over the years . ’ |
| 17 | Mexicans in the moonlight , surging towards her over the stubble , old wrinkled women , kids with the bulbous stomachs , things to be honest she did n't see because they drove past too quickly on the motorway . |
| 18 | How much business have you done with them over the last year ? |
| 19 | Since he refuses to talk to me over the phone , he 'll have the pleasure of talking to me in person instead ! |
| 20 | ‘ So many people have said to me over the years that it is very sad I never bore Norman a child , that I only ever had stepchildren to love . |
| 21 | Her father was frowning at her over the rim of his glass . |
| 22 | Jannie lay in bed , looking at him over the edge of the covers . |
| 23 | He again knew what it was to feel embarrassed when , on the Monday dinner time , he went into the NAAM , and looking at her over the counter , he said , ‘ Hello there , ’ and she answered , ‘ Hello , yourself . ’ |
| 24 | Mary turned her head , and noticed Ben Weatherstaff 's angry face looking at her over the garden wall . |
| 25 | She demurred a little when he said , picking up his teacup , and looking at her over the top of it , ‘ You never answered my question , Miss McAllister . |
| 26 | There was a pause , than a woman 's reddened , raddled face squinted at him over the sill . |
| 27 | It is rushing towards me over the uneven ground . |
| 28 | After carrying out a survey of the number of people who have died of it over the past three years , COHSE 's Scottish regional officer , Jim Devine , said the union believed many low-paid workers and pensioners were forced to make a choice between eating and heating . |
| 29 | As they stood there looking east they were able to discern a small buzzing winged shape heading towards them over the immense Capability Brown park . |
| 30 | He was enthusiastic about the paper being located in Manchester , whereas Pilger had clashed with them over the move . |