Example sentences of "and the [noun] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Britta , ’ the Doctor said softly , and the girl looked over her shoulder . |
| 2 | When we , we using B H C vaccine in eigh er , late seventies , early eighties , erm , that caused problems because we had residues left in the meat , and the French amongst others found it as well , so there were , there were problems there , and the Ministry went over to organo-phos or to organo-phosphorus dips , they were the only alternative that they 'd got at that er , time . |
| 3 | After the suspender belt , suspender welt and foot had been cut off , the stocking was tied round the head and the hair rolled over and tucked into a v shape . |
| 4 | Sometimes the relationship between the organisation and the worker extended over many years . |
| 5 | While Yanto ordered the drinks , Billy and the girls went over to the big open fireplace . |
| 6 | What they did was the nurses and the doctors took over the ward . |
| 7 | And the officers took over the house . |
| 8 | Like a band of outlaws , the men checked their weapons and the officers pored over their maps . |
| 9 | From mid-October to mid-November Baldwin behaved as though lie still hoped that the King might retreat and the affair blow over . |
| 10 | All the temples were totally demolished during the Roman period , probably by Christian iconoclasts , and the sites turned over to industrial use . |
| 11 | As usual it seems that once the initial heady thrill of an invention becomes history , the manufacturers , the committees and the salesmen take over . |
| 12 | Mr Cooper and the boys rushed over . |
| 13 | The slope of the hill helped us and the Golf flipped over after three or four big rocking pushes . |
| 14 | Daylight broke , a stiff breeze struck up and the sky clouded over . |
| 15 | They pressed IBM on these issues and the company took over and worked the land of fifteen surrounding farms . |
| 16 | The next stage will be to train the dog to sit in the car with the doors closed , and the engine turning over with you in the driver s seat . |
| 17 | The waves get higher and higher and the water washes over and almost sinks Kevin . |
| 18 | You dive in , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , and the water closes over you . |
| 19 | Simon slipped off the drum and the water closed over his head . |
| 20 | The wider implications of agrarian reform were tackled in this period , for there was a redistribution of credit in favour of smallholders and the state took over some marketing networks , though this was primarily to get supplies to the urban consumer at low prices , rather than to assist agriculture ( Castillo and Lehmann 1982 ) . |
| 21 | She remembered her fear for this man 's life , the way she had fled through the castle to warn him , her useless defiance of Matilda 's wrath and the threat hanging over her head if she refused to co-operate with the Empress . |
| 22 | And the message came over loud and clear , from more than 100 people , that they were opposed to the development . |
| 23 | Zenaida the sorceress jumped on her from behind , one hand at her throat , the other yanking at her hair ; she screeched , and the bird flapping over her head screeched with her , but Carmellina could tell from the look in its pale green eye that it was her true love under a spell from the wicked enchantress , and she fell to her knees and clutched the skirts of Zenaida ( what was she underneath ? |
| 24 | In case you wonder what ‘ minor health problems ’ are , they include such nasties as headaches , sleeping difficulties , general fatigue , colds and flu , indigestion , bladder problems , even difficulty concentrating and the tendency to worry over every little thing . |
| 25 | After mortal trouble Let me lie still Where the wind drives and the clouds stream Over the hill Where grass 's thousand thirsty mouths Sup up their fill Of the slow dew and the sharp rain Of the mantling snow dissolv 'd again At Heaven 's sweet will . |
| 26 | The chance was lost and the secularists took over . |
| 27 | and if the food and the drink to come over |
| 28 | The benefits of the balancing , bouncing and clambering are that your body is relaxed instead of recital-rigid and the voice comes over in a strong way . |
| 29 | After a period the fish are separated and the systems starts over again . |
| 30 | It had been previously owned by Maurice Macmillan MP , son of the late Conservative Prime Minister Lord Stockton , and the Duchy paid over three-quarters of a million pounds for the property . |