Example sentences of "[noun sg] he had [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bankruptcy sharply lowered Hooley 's social position , but made less difference to his lifestyle , not least because before his crash he had made over to his wife both Papworth and Risley Hall and their contents . |
| 2 | He stared steadily outwards towards the ducks and flamingos while Kraal mantled his plumage , let out a harsh call or two and dropped down into the shelter to pick at the remnant of meat he had left over from the previous day . |
| 3 | The object he had tripped over was the pistol ; it was so heavy that it was all he could do to raise it . |
| 4 | That morning he had walked over to the Hoflin farm and asked Suzi to go to the cinema with him that evening , after her class . |
| 5 | Sometimes he would secretly watch other eagles whose territory he had trespassed over , to learn from them the art of quartering back and forth over an area to find prey and flush it out |