Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'll be a way to acknowledge the end of an era as well as to acknowledge the people who contributed to it over the last 20 years . |
| 2 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 3 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
| 4 | Liz , the receptionist , peered at me over the top of her pink-rimmed spectacles . |
| 5 | Rod Porter peered at her over the top of his book , glancing at the other visitors . |
| 6 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 7 | The sun crept towards me over the red tiles . |
| 8 | There was a pause , than a woman 's reddened , raddled face squinted at him over the sill . |
| 9 | At this moment , Madam , who knew me , shrieked to me over the heads of the crowd : " You — there — please ! |
| 10 | And we all nodded at him : the man of finance , the man of accounts , the man of law , we all nodded at him over the polished table that like a still sheet of brown water reflected our faces , lined , wrinkled ; our faces marked by toil , by deceptions , by success , by love ; our weary eyes looking still , looking always , looking anxiously for something out of life , that while it is expected is already gone — has passed unseen , in a sigh , in a flash — together with the youth , with the strength , with the romance of illusions . |
| 11 | After about five minutes a middle-aged woman appeared in the doorway and , seeing Lucy , stopped and frowned at her over the top of her glasses . |
| 12 | ‘ Are you married ? ’ he said at once , head turned toward the din from his workmen as he stepped past me over the rubble and put a key into the lock of the , I should have thought , not yet apt to be plundered building . |
| 13 | This time Mr and Mrs Dare were alone , and she enjoyed the half-hour she spent with them over the study fire . |
| 14 | Iris grinned at her over the rim of her glass of mineral water . |
| 15 | ‘ Would you like a cup of coffee ? ’ he said to her at a station , and she grinned at him over the cardboard beaker , holding it with both hands . |
| 16 | And er , see , my father , when they used to start the rounds , they used to start , go down the Fen on a Tuesday , er the man what worked for him over the road George worked for him there , a chap named George and my father used to go round Wicken , that 's three miles away from here . |
| 17 | He thought about it over the weekend and accepted . |
| 18 | Julia tried to obey , as she tried to do everything he demanded of her over the next few days and as she tried to keep her misery and pain and fear from all of them . |
| 19 | Michael Rosen 's collection of Rude Rhymes ( Signet , £3.99 ) sent to him over the years by members of the public are rather lavatorial — and that 's probably the best place to keep it . |
| 20 | She stared at him over the rim of her cup . |
| 21 | Before she could utter the cry of alarm which rose in her throat his hand had closed over her mouth , and Paige 's startled eyes blinked at him over the top . |
| 22 | Elinor looked at him over the rim of her magazine . |
| 23 | She looked at him over the top of her glass . |
| 24 | She looked at him over the rim of her glass . |
| 25 | I looked at him over the roof . |
| 26 | She looked at him over the top of her cup . |
| 27 | Ashley looked at him over the rim of her cup . |
| 28 | Malc reappeared round the door , looked at me over the top of his specs and reached out and I walked towards his outstretched arms on liquid legs . |
| 29 | My tutor was a delightful stern lady , and I remember when I had written about John 's gospel , the epistles of John , and the book of Revelation , she looked at me over the top of her spectacles and announced ‘ Young man , you have assumed that because these books have all been attributed to a man named John , that they are all by the same person , who was also an apostle . |
| 30 | As he dismounted he looked at me over the saddle and there Was that tell-nothing expression , looking at me no different than the Way he had looked at Lamarr Dean the moment before he broke a Whisky glass against his mouth . |