Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give the most positive explanations you can and try to keep control of what you want to put over during the interview rather than being forced into a purely defensive position . |
| 2 | When it goes past I want to run over to the other side of the bridge , but there 's too much traffic to cross the road , so I just watch the trail of water it leaves behind . |
| 3 | There 's no Windows version yet — although it 's rumoured to be on its way — so if you want to move over to the GUI there 's no upgrade path for the time being . |
| 4 | Two of us in a great mass of strangers , and various things to do that you 've got to get right , like follow signs and collect your luggage ; then you get looked over by the customs , and no-one particularly cares who you are or what you 're doing there so the two of you have to keep one another cheerful … |
| 5 | The roads are bumpy and uncertain and when they do get on a half decent stretch , they get pulled over by the police : they 're not supposed to be on it . |
| 6 | never tell , a girl we know went over at the same time as he did got it this year . |
| 7 | I get up and start walking over to the bridge . |
| 8 | ‘ Well ? ’ he said again , and she looked at him , anger taking over from the sadness his offer had brought . |
| 9 | That 's why I 've come over from the States , ’ Howard said . |
| 10 | But I 've copied over to the same place , what it seems to be doing provided the cell pointed out , you 're looking at the top left . |
| 11 | They 've run over to the sheep ! |
| 12 | ‘ Instead of selling the offices which we 've taken over in the village , you could use them as a workshop and studio , ’ he suggested . |
| 13 | Whereas the bulk of athletes being attracted to this new four-pronged sport have spilled over from the more established triathlon ranks , and so have found the canoeing discipline particularly tough , Graham has the advantage of a fine record with the paddle . |
| 14 | erm we have developed over in the university , in the arts area especially , for arts undergraduates who do n't have mathematical or scientific training , ways of giving them erm training in computer programming , and they come out really both full of fun about it and with a lot more confidence than they could possibly have imagined they would have when they began . |
| 15 | First , because I have to slip over to the pub without her . |
| 16 | Other leaders have gone over to the Anaheim Vineyard for training . |
| 17 | Other imbibers have gone over to the dark side of beer , rejecting the pasteurised lager produced by the breweries . |
| 18 | Guitarist 's Readers ' Ads have taken over as the foremost private buying , selling , swapping and personnel advertising service around . |
| 19 | Commercial farmers ( increasingly Africans who have taken over in the wake of the slow European exodus since Independence ) are still relied upon to provide the bulk of the urban demand for foodstuffs , particularly luxury items such as beef , milk , and cheese . |
| 20 | Darkness has descended and the mosquitoes have taken over from the enemy mortars . |
| 21 | Industrial parks now stand where pepper plantations used to be , modern buses have taken over from the rickshaw and Singaporeans now live in high-rise apartments rather than the traditional kampongs . |
| 22 | Nursing homes , student residences and preparatory schools of discreet reputation have taken over from the merchants . |
| 23 | ‘ Aga-sagas have taken over from the steamy sex bonkbusters of the Eighties . |
| 24 | be , it may be that we need to get over to the States , to , to , erm pick up the technical vibes from there , but is the state , er our people in the States are n't in with . |
| 25 | They too have passed over into the world of law , business , government and technology , where rational but secular goals and methods dominate . |