Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pers pn] over the " in BNC.
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1 | Their hazardous journey has taken them over the mountains between Metkovic in Croatia to Zenica in Bosnia . |
2 | We 'll drive over to Baden for dinner and I promise to get you back before your mama realizes that Big Bad Gesner has abducted you over the mountains . ’ |
3 | One of the things that has puzzled me over the years is the obsession with high protein baits . |
4 | ‘ I told her I 'd seen you over the weekend , ’ she relayed . |
5 | ‘ To a certain extent you 'll have free rein , ’ he 'd told her over the telephone . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Except that if the Bishop 's good wife is there , she 'll probably have said it over the Bishop already . |
8 | There 's another thing what we 'd have all said when we got , you 'd have said it over the years yourself , erm , well just ring in and we 'll give you the price , you know , and if we kind of touch up to contract or flat rate or whatever is the way to get ahead , or you get whatever , ring Linda , or ring Jane and she says right , and we 've said that for years , |
9 | You 'd have had us over the edge in a minute ! ’ |
10 | ‘ Hardly , or I could have asked it over the telephone , and avoided imposing upon you . |
11 | ‘ He might have thrown it over the cliff . ’ |
12 | He might even have thrown it over the cliff . |
13 | From there , two or three strides would have taken him over the edge and into oblivion . |
14 | ‘ In this case it 's because they believe you 've tricked them over the supposed disappearance of Clarion Call . |
15 | Speaking after the presentation , Mr Ashwell said the Wedgwood Fine Dining Awards were coveted by restaurants around the world and appreciated by those who had received them over the years . |
16 | But I met a man on the road to the other village — I 've pursued them over the mountain from Keswick and you know the road divides two ways — and he swore they had come this way . ’ |
17 | Telesales er telephone erm I have sold products obviously without the customer even seeing me , I 've sold them over the phone . |
18 | But for the generosity Dysart had shown him over the years , he might even have approved of his actions . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | And oh , we loved the intimacy of having them so close , close enough that when I rode my bicycle for ‘ Committee ’ through the ‘ vomitarium ’ separating one wedge of audience from the next I was able to steady myself by grasping the leg of a gentleman who had stretched it over the side . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | He could scarcely have given him a firmer hint if he had hit him over the head with a mallet . |
23 | Anyway , it 's very , very good news , he 's turned the corner I 've hit him over the head with the newspaper ! |
24 | 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 . |
25 | But for all that , in its basics it was indisputably the same Indian-made version of the 1956 Morris Oxford that had lorded it over the roads of India for some thirty-odd years now . |
26 | I am happy there at the moment , and I want to repay Yorkshire for all the support they have given me over the years . ’ |
27 | I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year . |
28 | Several Q.T 's have joined us over the months and have greatly enjoyed getting to know the students and working with them . |
29 | Too many people have seen us over the past two or three days so anything I do will be linked to you . |
30 | You need a bit of luck in these games and while England have had it over the years , Wales have n't . |