Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I passed over the paper-towel bundle . |
| 2 | Still dazed and confused , I wandered over the bare earth that was once the Ken Mentle Memorial Stand . |
| 3 | I trudged over the soft earth , in among the houses , and stopped outside the one-room school , where a crowd of boys had gathered . |
| 4 | There was a balcony outside ; I climbed over the low sill and walked to the edge of it . |
| 5 | I climbed over the dead bodies and looked around the washroom ; my eyes had grown used to the dim red emergency lights by now . |
| 6 | The King had invited me to enter it , so I stepped over the surrounding wall into the palace garden . |
| 7 | I found myself mentally putting aside half the afternoon for the task as I struggled over the incomprehensible jargon in my handbook . |
| 8 | I must say it was the worst experience of my life , each time I looked over the stable door the most terrible thoughts went through my mind : what if he was lying down ? |
| 9 | I looked over the refurbished Factory again , just because I love looking at it and tinkering with it and touching it and tipping some of its little levers and doors and devices . |
| 10 | The journey back to London went quickly as I mulled over the strange background to Froggy Davies ' death . |
| 11 | I crossed over the little pack horse bridge . |
| 12 | On my way out of the office that first day I fell over the only other disabled student in the college who was a wheelchair user . |
| 13 | I stood over the other side of the road from it and watched . |
| 14 | I jumped over the other side of the wall , so if she jumps she 'd have |
| 15 | But Jim , the chap who lives next door to them came over the other night to collect a pound from me as my contribution to the er , sign on the lamppost saying that this is a watch neighbourhood watch area , now it 's |
| 16 | As she clambered over the steep Alpine meadows with Portia , she told her friend for the first time about Thomas and how he had helped her when she had nowhere to go . |
| 17 | She clambered over the mossy wall at the bottom of the garden and edged round a shed . |
| 18 | But she was alone when she climbed over the raised cot sides of her bed and crashed to the floor , injuring her head . |
| 19 | Why not just ask him ? she wondered as she stepped over the outstretched leg of Polly Inferno , aka Amanda Stern from Lanarkshire , who was using the corridor space for some warmup exercises and somehow , at the same time , studying a book . |
| 20 | But professional training took over , as she stepped over the white skirt and blouse she had discarded on the floor , to get her jeans from the wardrobe , her eyes still refusing to open . |
| 21 | ‘ Goodni — ’ But she stumbled over the final syllable , for suddenly his dark head was leaning towards her and she felt his lips lightly brush against her cheek . |
| 22 | She sprang away from Finn and it was no longer a pretence — she stumbled over the knotted fringe of the rug . |
| 23 | She was aware of faces staring at her as she walked along the paved streets , and she swayed over the uneven surface like a seasick sailor . |
| 24 | He took her on a tour of the city , and she enthused over the faded glories of Georgian architecture and the charm of the bridges spanning the river Liffey . |
| 25 | She looked over the packed hall , from the front seat where sat Group Captain Peasmarsh and his Wing-Commanders , through the different grades , all merged into a dusty blue mass dotted with white blobs . |
| 26 | Venice was unique , unforgettable , breathtaking in all its various moods , Luce thought as she looked over the calm water to the pale marble buildings lining the banks . |
| 27 | She went over the final quarrel with her father again and again , and left her present loves to fend for themselves . |
| 28 | But someone needed her , and as she broke into a run , she went over the differential diagnosis of a faint in her mind . |
| 29 | to keep her company in the house and she went over the other night she said because when the kids are in bed , she 's on her own |
| 30 | She went over the whole experience of first meeting her husband , their courtship and marriage and life together . |