Example sentences of "[v-ing] over to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Storming over to the table , she snatched up her briefcase and flicked it open . |
| 2 | He knew from past experience that she was capable of leaping over to the terrace . |
| 3 | Morse smiled to himself , and was walking over to the door when Stratton spoke again : ‘ Can I ask you a favour ? ’ |
| 4 | He laughed wryly , walking over to the window to stare at the view she had enjoyed such a short time before . |
| 5 | I told him how it was and he left , walking over to the hotel . |
| 6 | Walking over to the school . ’ |
| 7 | He swung away from her , walking over to the edge of the small pond , his body rigid with a tension that made her afraid to do or say anything that might unleash that anger once again . |
| 8 | I get up and start walking over to the bridge . |
| 9 | She hesitated , her eyes showing a momentary unease , then she did as she was told , walking over to the corner where he had indicated . |
| 10 | As I was walking over to the piano I was thinking , ‘ Should I really be doing this ? ’ |
| 11 | For a whiff the strong white birds floated proudly there , diving , clearing the weed , and waddling over to the house when my father summoned them , for food and to be shut up for the night . |
| 12 | So , there 's me , in agony with me ankle , hobbling over to the hole that I 'd made in the wall of the office . |
| 13 | Looking over to the block of flats opposite , I can see a window with a dark , damp patch underneath it as big as the window itself : it was n't raining , but somehow it was wet . |
| 14 | Tiptoeing over to the crib , he looked down at the red wrinkled face of the sleeping child . |
| 15 | Andy is filling the single champagne glass at the apex of the pyramid with champagne ; it is overflowing , filling the three glasses beneath it ; they in turn are overflowing , filling the glasses on the level beneath them , which are also full and so spilling over to the level underneath , and so on and so on down almost to the bottom ; Andy is on his eighth magnum . |
| 16 | ‘ How are things going , lads ? ’ he said casually , wandering over to the stand . |
| 17 | The wartime earnings of most skilled shipyard workers , for example , would have exceeded £60 a year , and with the Admiralty deducting at source and paying over to the Treasury , yields came much nearer to expectation . |
| 18 | Ballater saw one of the farm-hands going over to the shippon and told him to fetch Craddock and see to the bull . |
| 19 | Going over to the window , she could make out odd moon shadows on the garden . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , you 've got a little statue or something in your garden , ’ she said , going over to the window . |
| 21 | Now we 're going over to the tuck shop Go on Natalie sing something . |
| 22 | Going over to the tuck shop because Kim wants to buy something . |
| 23 | ‘ There 's a load of nomes going over to the dump , so we 'll have company the rest of the way . |
| 24 | ‘ Why on earth did n't you tell me ? ’ he demanded harshly , going over to the bed and staring at Faye almost menacingly , his strong back curved tautly over her . |
| 25 | The Big Bang has certainly encouraged the trend towards offering Golden Handcuffs — to maintain the Golden Hellos — and the insertion of exclusion clauses in contracts to prevent executives going over to the competition . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm just going over to the Hospitality Unit . |
| 27 | ‘ Talk things over ? ’ queried Marc sardonically , going over to the fireplace . |
| 28 | Then they 're going over to the Palace to see the Bishop , ’ said Julia chattily . |
| 29 | Hamish and I are going over to the Island to see her next weekend . |
| 30 | However , the employee 's option may not be the simple one of staying with the transferor or going over to the transferee . |