Example sentences of "[be] going over the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It 's funny but life seems infinitely sweeter ( you 're going over the top now ) ; anyway I thrive on challenges and this is the ultimate one .
2 Bear that in mind when you 're going over the staff with a fine-tooth comb . ’
3 They were standing by the desk in the library , where Theda had been going over the household accounts when the lawyer arrived , Hector , his wound still troublesome , laying at her feet .
4 And he warned his opponents : ‘ If you are going over the top on me you 've got to put me out of the game .
5 But she had to battle for a York neck victory from Satank and trainer Jack Berry said : ‘ She ran well , but looked to be going over the top .
6 Already experienced in flight , next month they 'll be going over the North Pole .
7 Now then , is going over the top and spending more money and producing an absolutely stupendous job , fabulous result , is that quality ?
8 is going over the limit .
9 Er er really to precipitate on traffic calming really it 's going over the authorities , over .
10 He 's on active service ; he smells powder ; he 's going over the top for the baby .
11 She 's used you before , to get her stuff back , to establish an alibi for when Jack was going over the wall .
12 I 'm not an expert fighter and I did n't know I was going over the top .
13 Patriotism was all very well , but she felt this was going over the top .
14 He always swore that when he was going over the Baloch that 's the the road between Glen Ayloch and Kil and Glen Shee , he said i if you were at certain hour of the night he said as sure as anything there was a man on horseback pass you with this horse .
15 I just managed to catch her as she was going over the edge . ’
16 Now Kathy seems to me should be checked checking the assessor , just as if it was going over the telephone
17 He had tried to give up and was going over the problems he 'd come across and continued :
18 Already Lavender 's scheming mind was going over the possibilities that this water-jug job had opened up for her .
19 there was one in the paper , there was a picture of it in the paper , and it , I 'm sure , it did say the old gate bridge , I 'm sure and it was nearly owt it was going over the bridge
20 I looked as if I was reading the paper , but my mind was going over the events at Ingard House , and the curious discrepancy in the stories about Andrew Stavanger .
21 Tom Tedder and Corbett Farraday were muttering by the door which led into the main school ; the headmaster , towering yet crumpled , was surrounded by a little group of teachers in the centre of his hall ; and by the door leading to the boarding quarters Mrs Crumwallis was going over the events of the night before with her cook , Mrs Garfitt .
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