Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] over [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If it 's too hot , use gloves or push it over with a spade and lift the other end up so now the holes that were in the bottom are now on top and there is smoke coming out of them .
2 I 'll have it out of him or turn him over to the press gang .
3 Instead … each student has become the owner of a collection of statements made by somebody else ( who had either created them or taken them over from another source ) .
4 That 's where fellows called to pick them up , or to take them over to a pub for a pint .
5 Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa .
6 She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed .
7 McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box .
8 And she was all right because when I got back here , she drove up and asked me over for coffee .
9 He landed the plane himself and taxied it over to where President and Mrs Sadat were waiting with a guard of honour , a twenty-one-gun salute , a military band to play the national anthems of Iran and Egypt , and a red carpet .
10 The candlelight had taken his cheap suit and made it over in some priceless fabric .
11 Delving into her bag , Cara extracted a few cards from her wallet and passed them over to her , and while Fabia , who knew her sister went by her maiden name in her job , was looking at the printed cards that announced ‘ Cara Kingsdale , Verity magazine ’ , Cara was suggesting , ‘ Keep those by you just in case Mr Gajdusek wants proof that you represent Verity .
12 She read it twice and passed it over to Roman .
13 Is n't it time you either made a charge and got it over with , or you damned well got out of here , and Mister Bloody Hamilton with you ? ’
14 ‘ Be a damn sight better if you dropped your drawers and got it over with ! ’
15 You could remove the pages from the catalogue and fax them over to Jack you see
16 I have my shit , bury and cover it over like a cat , with earth and leaves , trying to ensure a faster conversion back to nature .
17 Then he heard Boy say ‘ Yes , ’ and then he heard the TV change ; Boy had got up and turned it over to a boxing match , which was something Boy never usually watched .
18 He got the top off and a cup poured before lowering himself gingerly back into the driving seat and passing it over to Catherine .
19 ‘ How do you mean , you wrote this ? ’ demands Howard , taking the book and turning it over in his hands .
20 And if you recall when my Colonel read John plaque it attributes to him er the aid in assisting us at in the establishment of that memorial museum , John gave us a er and sort of took that apart and hauled it over to and it was flown back to the States and that 's going to be a briefing operations room for the museum itself .
21 All the Official Custodian was doing was receiving the income and paying it over to the charities .
22 After all , death frightens the hell out of everyone ; so once you 'd gone and got it over with you might feel quite light-hearted . ’
23 On each overseas train , a team of fitters and lifters from the Works accompanied them to their destination and handed them over to the RAMC coupled up , and ready for use .
24 Talbot looked at them and handed them over to Hawkins .
25 He denounced the entire coven of Slaanesh worshippers , including his mother , and handed them over to the Phoenix King .
26 The manager chased Cowen , who is arthritic , and handed him over to police .
27 We tied his arms behind his back and handed him over to the next village headman we encountered .
28 ‘ Do n't want you collapsing on us — not good for the department 's reputation , ’ she joked lightly , and wheeled him round and handed him over to his wife .
29 On one such incident I was in command of Venturous patrolling in the Straits of Dover at the end of a very busy Bank Holiday , during which we had followed a suspect yacht from just outside Calais , and handed her over to our special unit in Dover .
30 But the tales that were told were not only gruesome but frightening — in fact sickening is probably a better word — of what happened to you if the desert Arab got hold of you and handed you over to his womenfolk .
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