Example sentences of "[verb] over for a [noun sg] " 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 | His eyes clouded over for a moment , and his voice became gruff . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm always on the lookout for players who will benefit Derry City and Ian has agreed to come over for a month initially , ’ said Coyle . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm always on the lookout for players who will benefit Derry City and Ian has agreed to come over for a month initially , ’ said Coyle . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The goalkeeper was well beaten , but as the ball cannoned over for a goal kick and the chance went . |
| 7 | I raised with David Ingram at my JAR a matter which I 've been mulling over for a while , arising from my role as Welfare Officer . |
| 8 | There are indications that the mill was turned over for a time for saw milling , and possibly even cider production . |
| 9 | She looked up and waved as the Golf drove past and when Melissa had put it away and locked the garage door , she rammed her fork into the ground and strolled over for a chat . |
| 10 | It proved to be a surprisingly accurate account of what in the event did happen , and is outlined here to illustrate the way in which , in one corner of Oxfordshire , changes which had been argued over for a decade could be effected in a relatively short time . |
| 11 | Now , that obviously means , colleagues that we 're , we 're going over for a period of time , but we 're er slightly behind this afternoon , so certainly need to be trying to pull some work back . |
| 12 | Not only did the sturdy lock crown a storming performance by bullocking over for a try in the final minute , he undoubtedly played himself into a Lions place . |
| 13 | He is coming over for a tour which culminates in the Edinburgh Festival , and he will be promoting both this and his third Easy Rawlins tale . |
| 14 | Okay Ron there are , thanks for coming over for a start , there are you 've got all the er the brochure and the er obviously the application form . |
| 15 | Eliot produced a single page of notes from his pocket which he placed before him on the small table and brooded over for a while ; but when he started , he managed to pack in , during 45 minutes or so , a great deal of sound sense on the subject of drama and especially on the relation of drama to religion . |
| 16 | During the famous Intermezzo the conductor asked Mascagni if he would take over for a moment . |
| 17 | I place an ashtray on the bed in front of her then lean over for a kiss . |
| 18 | book anything up , just go over for a week . |
| 19 | Purple took over for a while , ha . |
| 20 | Keith McGarry , last year 's leading point scorer in Ulster increased Dungannon 's lead to 12 points before prop David Miller surged over for a try after good work from Jeremy Hastings near the Highfield line . |
| 21 | You really ought to hop over for a weekend and see it , Anne . |
| 22 | He reached over for a whip in its cup . |
| 23 | Widnes substitute Emosi Koloto scattered a couple of Northern defenders as he went over for a try in the 39th minute . |
| 24 | Saracens were never in it and when Richard West went over for a try , it was virtually all over . |
| 25 | At the other end Tyrone Howe who saw very little of the ball during the match went over for a try in the left corner , following a fine break from Andrew Gallagher . |
| 26 | Hucklecote made most of the early running and took the lead on six minutes , Steve Barslow converting a penalty , and they increased that lead after a quarter of an hour when Mark Halkins went over for a try following good work from Steve Hamslow . |
| 27 | Taking a chair , he set the camera up in the yard outside , bending over for a moment to fiddle with it . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | We 'd heard he had thirty billion pounds to spend on tanks and things and we reckoned that when he left he 'd probably have a little bit left over for a tip . |
| 30 | In the open intellectual milieu where Catholic exegetes and theologians now move among colleagues of other traditions of faith or of none , the traditional term ‘ hermeneutics ’ ( the art and the principles of interpretation ) has been taken over for a mode of philosophical discussion so technical that its products are usually baffling even to a well-educated reader . |