Example sentences of "over to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lennox , despite his anti-English position , would find it intolerable to be a member of the Beaton faction ; within a few weeks , he would go over to the pro-English party , his hopes of his marriage to Margaret , daughter of Angus and Margaret Tudor , and of English recognition of him as heir-presumptive , should Arran break with England , weighing more with him than the desire for liberty and honour expressed in the July bond . |
| 2 | Expectations in the following week that the Libyan government might hand the two men over to the Arab League , and thus pre-empt the approval on March 31 of Resolution 748 , were disappointed . |
| 3 | The US White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater had meanwhile ( according to Le Monde of March 26 ) said that it would not be sufficient for Libya to hand the two men over to the Arab League ; Libya had to comply with all the demands that had been referred to in Resolution 731 [ see ICJ verdict below ] . |
| 4 | Would changing the printer over to the serial port help ? |
| 5 | I replied that as far as I was concerned his terms and conditions of employment were best used as a rectal implant preferably without benefit of anaesthetic , which roused him to suggest that perhaps the whole matter would best be served by being turned over to the florid authority of Her Majesty 's Judiciary , via PC Plod , or at the very least to some banal tribunal vested with the right to dilly-dally over contretemps between master and servant . |
| 6 | Each time we crossed the causeway over to the tiny island of Reine , we paused and photographed . |
| 7 | Meanwhile it 's sunny and the climbing frame is hauled over to the paddling pool , newly built in the back garden , and the covers are lifted off the sandpit . |
| 8 | He drew up an agreement in two copies , setting out the terms in ponderous detail : ‘ … referred to henceforth as ‘ the colony' ’ … which wheels shall be considered as handed over to the Economic Section of the Provincial Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspection after their reception by a special commission and the signing of the corresponding protocol . ’ |
| 9 | In January Mauritania handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross 23 Senegalese fishermen detained since July 1989 . |
| 10 | The release of prisoners of war by Iraq was officially described as completed when a total of 45 prisoners-of-war had been handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross ( 10 on March 4 , comprising six US personnel , three British and one Italian , and 35 on March 5 , comprising 15 US , nine British , nine Saudis , an Italian and a Kuwaiti , who were flown from Baghdad to Riyadh on March 6 ) . |
| 11 | He ambled over to the nearest tree — happily some metres from where I stood hidden , and turned towards the tower . |
| 12 | Walking over to the nearest window , she peered out and found herself looking across what was unmistakably the Grand Canal . |
| 13 | She marched over to the nearest tank . |
| 14 | Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa . |
| 15 | She felt them lift her and take her over to the low stone wall beside the glimmering field of water-chestnuts . |
| 16 | He looked over to the childlike form on his bed and felt a protective instinct so strong he almost wept . |
| 17 | Disconnect the large multi plug on the wiring loom on the bulkhead Pull the wire off the injector pump shut off solenoid as a safety measure and touch the starter solenoid wire ( white with a red tracer ) to a live feed ( brown ) on the engine side of the multi plug ( check it is out of first gear first ) An opened split pin is ideal for the job With practice the engine can be flicked over to the required position |
| 18 | He carried him over to the great oak chair and stood him on it . |
| 19 | She walked slowly over to the golden sarcophagus . |
| 20 | Other imbibers have gone over to the dark side of beer , rejecting the pasteurised lager produced by the breweries . |
| 21 | Later generations of the family spoke English as their first language and went over to the Anglican church . |
| 22 | Phar Lap was ridden by Bill ‘ Urn ’ Elliott , who got the gelding smartly into his stride , but Phar Lap drifted right over to the outside rail , with the result that after a quarter of a mile of the ten-furlong race he was well adrift of the field . |
| 23 | Ratepayer democracy … implied less local government , with fewer services to provide since some of them could be handed over to the private sector , to the supposed benefit of consumers and ratepayers alike . |
| 24 | If only such projects could be taken off the government 's books and handed over to the private sector , to get on with them . |
| 25 | The government itself has encouraged individual rather than collective advancement by turning much of the initiative for vocational and technical training over to the private sector — with local and multinational companies selecting candidates for higher-level training and providing scholarships and bursaries to this end . |
| 26 | The show opens in 18th century rural Britain , when stage coaches and canals were the main form of transport , passing over to the industrial revolution , when Britain became the workshop of the world , to the decline of heavy industry and the steam locomotive and the accompanying dereliction through to today 's modern rail system and the survival of many steam locomotives , not only in this country , but worldwide . |
| 27 | After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair . |
| 28 | I go over to the long mirror and have a look . |
| 29 | Penelope went over to the long mirror to survey the general effect of her dress . |
| 30 | Alexandra went over to the long glass on a mahogany frame that stood in the bow window and looked at herself . |