Example sentences of "[verb] over [pos pn] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vague red haze swam over his eyes for a moment , then cleared . |
| 2 | Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’ |
| 3 | Or the actor who stumbles over his words for the second time at a rehearsal . |
| 4 | Looking over his shoulder for a second to be sure of his footing , he backed into the water , dragging Carey after him . |
| 5 | Had n't Monsieur Gauthier hinted as much , spoken of how Fernand was always ‘ looking over his shoulder for Germans ’ ? |
| 6 | We 've got the contract to convert the place into holiday flats and Collins wanted to talk over our arrangements for doing the work . |
| 7 | He has also gratefully accepted Athena 's help in recruiting staff and handed over his payroll for the company to process . |
| 8 | He succeeded in producing the first development plan for Athens since it was liberated from the Turks , but in 1984 he was forced to resign over his proposal for establishing a green belt by bulldozing illegal slums in the suburbs . |
| 9 | The Annamese glanced over his shoulder for a moment to see if they were overheard . |
| 10 | Before I could comment , a nurse came to fetch her to see Harry , and she went anxiously , calling over her shoulder for me to wait for her ; and when she returned half an hour later she looked dazed . |
| 11 | And as he mulls over his reasons for behaving as he has and for writing and publishing this record , the footnote status of ‘ At Tikhon 's ’ causes it to embrace a wide range of familiar themes . |
| 12 | I 'll take over his boat for you , sell it and my own , set up as a privateer and give you a quarter share , so 's you 'll have a bit of income to live on . " |
| 13 | For instance , Jack Benny and his wife Mary Livingstone , Rochester , and the entire company of the NBC Jello programme arrived in Vancouver and practically took over our studios for days . |
| 14 | These people were dangerous in their fury , and for a brief moment he knew the terror of the threat of physical attack , and he looked over his shoulder for an escape route . |
| 15 | Soviet officials have considered it necessary , however , to gloss over their search for naval facilities in the Mediterranean to encourage neutralism and maintain pressure on Western bases in other countries in the region . |
| 16 | There had been a current of antipathy to the strict Calvinist view of the child throughout the seventeenth century ; and the concept that , given the right environment and the proper course of education , compassion and benevolence , the essential goodness of the child would triumph over its propensity for evil , already had a longish history . |
| 17 | Again at Easter he is arguing over his fee for attending the Archbishop at Canterbury and threatens that unless he is payed the sum of twenty shillings a day for three days he would never again obey the Archbishop 's mandate . |
| 18 | The doctor and midwife may start getting to know you and your wishes about pregnancy right from the first visit , by talking over your plans for antenatal care , where you want your baby to be born , how you plan to feed the baby , and so on . |
| 19 | Turning his head , he bawled over his shoulder for his companions to follow him , and was answered by muffled shouts from deeper in the woods . |
| 20 | Harry will probably get over his affection for Lucy once we return to a normal life again . |
| 21 | Massage over your face for five minutes . |
| 22 | Meg sat over her letter for nearly an hour , crossing out line after line , and neatly copying her final version like a schoolchild . |