Example sentences of "have [verb] him over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You tell me how any of us could have chucked him over the balustrade even if the whole lot of us got together to do it . |
| 2 | From there , two or three strides would have taken him over the edge and into oblivion . |
| 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 | Anyway , it 's very , very good news , he 's turned the corner I 've hit him over the head with the newspaper ! |
| 8 | 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 . |