Example sentences of "[vb past] over [coord] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My master staggered over and opened the nearest window and , as the smoke cleared , we saw that the huge fourposter bed was now a sheet of flame . |
| 2 | Eventually he bent over and told the Head Girl to kick him ; she was amazed but she did so — just stepped forward and kicked him and that was exactly the step he wanted . |
| 3 | Smith bent over and lifted the remains of the TV cable and plug from the floor . |
| 4 | She moved over and touched the polished wood of the counter . |
| 5 | Six fighters then passed over but made no attempt to strafe . |
| 6 | Blanche tiptoed over and remembered the face from the photograph of Tatyana 's that she had borrowed . |
| 7 | We all keeled over and hit the ground . |
| 8 | Benjamin hastened over and grasped the woman 's shoulder . |
| 9 | They both ordered cider , which Knocker was drawing as Renee came over and placed the colourful concoction in front of Julie . |
| 10 | In 1798 , General Humbert of France came over and won a battle near there , but he took so long that the nearby towns had time to refortify . |
| 11 | Doyle came over and inspected the newspaper . |
| 12 | She turned over and felt an agonising wave of humiliation sweep over her , as she remembered his expression . |
| 13 | And then he turned over and saw the empty crumpled pillow beside him , and it hit him in a great wave . |
| 14 | She turned over and gave a loud wail . |
| 15 | The Doctor walked over and played the torch over the large stone . |
| 16 | She walked over and kicked the snake . |
| 17 | He walked over and pulled the blanket off the body . |
| 18 | We pulled over and met the two drivers . |
| 19 | Twenty-five feet down , Foo rolled over and saw an upside-down steam train puff by above him . |
| 20 | In the 1950s and 60s he took over or formed a number of firms — Sun Resta Ltd , Multi Resta Ltd , Sleepy Valley Ltd etc , and one , Multi Spring Ltd in Mitcham Surrey , which according to its headed note paper are ‘ contractors to HM Government ’ . |
| 21 | A bastard classical took over and became the dominant form for several decades . |
| 22 | Warehouseman Lee Seary is secretly glad his six-year old son became tired while playing a pike — because he took over and landed a personal best 27 lb specimen . |
| 23 | The Ottomans took over and extended the old Byzantine practice of placing religious communities ( for example the Jews ) under the supervision of their religious leaders , who were responsible for maintaining order , administering justice and collecting taxes within their community . |
| 24 | The little Aeronca then took over and produced a perfect wheeler with no tendency to shoot off to either side , just the odd stiff little bump over the slightly uneven grass . |
| 25 | Three months later a very different Prime Minister took over and established a very different command and control post in No. 10 . |
| 26 | Nigel was flagging , but much to his relief the man took over and delivered an admirable lecture on French surrealist poetry . |
| 27 | They pressed IBM on these issues and the company took over and worked the land of fifteen surrounding farms . |
| 28 | The proprietor lumbered over and dumped the clothes on the counter . |
| 29 | She reached over and balanced the candle , which was dripping wax down one side . |
| 30 | Sharpe reached over and took the reins of the Dragoon 's horse . |