Example sentences of "went [adv] over the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was Mellor , as junior Home Office Minister , who was left by Mrs Thatcher to pick up the pieces when the last government went badly over the top in its determination to reshape television by deregulation , irrespective of quality .
2 The only poor shot I hit was at the 14th , when a little wedge went right over the green . ’
3 ‘ They went right over the top .
4 ‘ They went right over the top .
5 To the delight of husband Billy ‘ Big Yin ’ Connolly , she squeezed into a tight red mini-dress and went right over the top .
6 But having h done that and having gone off his toe , he the wardrobe was n't in front of him so much as it was down there by now , and he 'd still got hold of it you see , so because of the momentum , of going that way down two steps and one further one he shot forward and went right over the edge of the wardrobe .
7 The play began its provincial tour in Cambridge ( it went all over the country , but when it came to including the play in Ken 's career notes for Who 's Who in the Theatre , he only mentions Cambridge , as though referring to the West End theatre of that name ) .
8 ‘ Young Jim just lost the front end of the bike and went all over the road .
9 The spider affair as it was called went all over the school before the day was out , it caused a great deal of laughter .
10 The brown paper bag tied with white string hit the pavement , split and corn went all over the place .
11 and , and it went , cos it was quite a bit more worth petrol that went all over the place .
12 I lived in the Department of Sonsonate but we went all over the place looking for work .
13 At first she went all over the place , this way and that , and then into a spin .
14 He went all over the place looking , but he could n't get hold of it I mean it was obviously it was something that he made himself but it was beautiful !
15 oh he went all over the place with that
16 Good morning ladies and gentlemen pshoow and they , they went all over the place .
17 So we went all over the place .
18 clamp from the middle , and erm , I used to carry like down the thing and I just got really out of control , went all over the place , like skis up in the air and one of them came off and the thing , actually , ripped off er , bottom of my boot .
19 Later on they went all over the house , assessing what they might be able to sell , finding out just what Adam 's inheritance amounted to .
20 Yeah , and it went all over the table !
21 selection of them went all over the world collecting trees .
22 They were very , very popular and went all over the world .
23 MOYOLA went closest to scoring in the opening half in a move involving Rafferty and Calderwood , but Black 's kick went just over the crossbar .
24 I was a little confused at one point — after one of Leeds smooth silky passing movements in the first half , which ended in a shot that went just over the bar I think , most of the ground broke into applause .
25 After fourteen minutes , Paul Biddle went close for Milton as his corner went just over the bar .
26 I do n't think , when you draw this trace perhaps it went just over the pin and did n't click it down .
27 If she went away over the holidays and she had plastic surgery and she came back looking like Cindy Crawford or , I do n't know , do you think people would react differently to her or do you think they 'd be disgusted ?
28 ‘ I went totally over the limit .
29 He started , as he had intended , from where the last interview had left off and went quickly over the ground again .
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