Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is one scene where I fall over a sofa , which we added on the day of the shoot . ’ |
| 2 | This is the same as the main route until you come to the Great Moss area , but where you cross over the River Esk , continue to follow the river to its source at Esk Hause , where you rejoin the main route . |
| 3 | Suppose your new washing machine is on the blink ; or your neighbour puts up a fence inside your boundary ; or you trip over a paving stone and break your leg . |
| 4 | Despite the two question marks that I put over the Bill , I believe that the Government are right to proceed with the reforms that it contains . |
| 5 | I told you in another part of this saga of mine that I took over a Night in No 7 Squadron from a Flight Commander . |
| 6 | He desires that you take over the keepership of the royal castle of Berwick . ’ |
| 7 | But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research . |
| 8 | Some people thought plastic plates were tacky , but if you used the real thing once you got over a certain number you just had endless mess afterwards . |
| 9 | No , once you take over a job you take over a job . |
| 10 | All I can tell you is that much will change , rapidly and dramatically , and that once you get over the shock you 'll discover everything has worked out for the better . |
| 11 | That in itself meant that we took over an uncompetitive company . |
| 12 | Erm that was in the early days Charley and Tom did the crossing there for the mails and early in nineteen fifty one no fifty five that we took over the mails . |
| 13 | At Naba we were overtaken by the hospital train and discovered that their food supply had run out , so we handed over a whole case of sausages and one of tinned peaches . |
| 14 | Kathleen Kenyon , the excavator , recognized two deposits , but since there were coins of the House of Theodosius in each , it can be assumed that they accumulated over a fairly short period , perhaps as rubbish from the nearby forum . |
| 15 | These new plants could regenerate quickly , so they took over the ecosystem . |
| 16 | Many older women probably avoid relationships for similar reasons but , once they get over the inhibitions , it can be very reassuring to know that you are accepted , varicose veins , belly and all . |
| 17 | Although he handed over the active management of his business some time ago to his son , Bill , his keen interest in the affairs of Cessford and in the welfare of his family never flagged . |
| 18 | Such overly anxious and insecure horses are usually found amongst the Thoroughbred population , where speed is of such importance that it predominates over every other desirable characteristic . |
| 19 | Charles 's territories could already have been described as an empire , in the sense that he ruled over a collection of different political units held together by the allegiance his subjects felt they owed him rather than through a sense of common institutions or common language which could serve as the foundation for a unifying national spirit . |
| 20 | If Philip Leapor 's mother was indeed the woman who died in 1726 , it is reasonable to believe that he took over a house which she had occupied , and leased a separate piece of ground for his nursery . |
| 21 | And I mean over the years you can sort of pick a sample out and say ‘ It 's pretty close , this one ’ ; or , y'know , ‘ Do something about it ’ , there and then , if you think there is anything that can be done . |
| 22 | Down here there is a metre of snow on the windward side of the lavvu , and I fall over a small rucsac that had disappeared . |
| 23 | I got myself a couple of sausages on sticks , a hunk of crusty bread , and another Scotch , and I took over a pint of bitter for Seddon . |
| 24 | Patsy and I corresponded over a period of four months . |
| 25 | My wife and I saved over a number of years to get enough money together for a decent Land Rover . |
| 26 | Superintendent Mercer arrived shortly afterwards and I handed over the key of the Biology Lab to him . " |
| 27 | ‘ Do you mind if I look over the place ? |
| 28 | Within moments I had decided to strip her to her expensive banker 's underclothing , lash her to a Quattrocento day-bed with fur-lined leather manacles , and whip her with unimaginable delicacy until she handed over a full power of attorney and yielded herself totally in a frenzy of self-abnegation . |
| 29 | Suspiciousness becomes almost an instinct , powerful and all-pervasive : ‘ When you go out on a Sunday afternoon [ in the country ] , say , and you look over a bridge at the stream , you can not help yourself . |
| 30 | He held out the clipboard impatiently as if she quibbled over a minor detail . |