Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] he over the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You are naughty , wicked and bad , ’ she cried as she pretended to hit him over the head . |
2 | It began to lift him over the stair-rail . |
3 | But for the generosity Dysart had shown him over the years , he might even have approved of his actions . |
4 | On either side of the central aisle , heads nodded at the buildings and streets around them as a now livelier Ashenden continued , himself ( like the site , it appeared ) splendidly restored from whatever malaise had affected him over the previous two days , a malaise which had been noted and commented upon by several others of the group besides Mrs Shirley Brown — the latter sitting comfortably now in her usual seat , the effects of the sting having cleared up fairly quickly under the twin application of Mrs Roscoe 's unguents . |
5 | For another , it was the opportunity to take proper revenge for the discomfort that Private Eye had caused him over the years , a revenge more satisfying than that afforded him by the Music Box April Fool 's joke . |
6 | He could scarcely have given him a firmer hint if he had hit him over the head with a mallet . |
7 | He had no idea , for the letter forced him at last to admit to himself that he knew nothing about his son , that he had lost touch with him , had allowed him over the years to drift further and further away so that now they were virtual strangers . |