Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] over [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa . |
| 2 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 3 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 4 | And she was all right because when I got back here , she drove up and asked me over for coffee . |
| 5 | He landed the plane himself and taxied it over to where President and Mrs Sadat were waiting with a guard of honour , a twenty-one-gun salute , a military band to play the national anthems of Iran and Egypt , and a red carpet . |
| 6 | The candlelight had taken his cheap suit and made it over in some priceless fabric . |
| 7 | Delving into her bag , Cara extracted a few cards from her wallet and passed them over to her , and while Fabia , who knew her sister went by her maiden name in her job , was looking at the printed cards that announced ‘ Cara Kingsdale , Verity magazine ’ , Cara was suggesting , ‘ Keep those by you just in case Mr Gajdusek wants proof that you represent Verity . |
| 8 | She read it twice and passed it over to Roman . |
| 9 | Is n't it time you either made a charge and got it over with , or you damned well got out of here , and Mister Bloody Hamilton with you ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Be a damn sight better if you dropped your drawers and got it over with ! ’ |
| 11 | You could remove the pages from the catalogue and fax them over to Jack you see |
| 12 | I have my shit , bury and cover it over like a cat , with earth and leaves , trying to ensure a faster conversion back to nature . |
| 13 | Then he heard Boy say ‘ Yes , ’ and then he heard the TV change ; Boy had got up and turned it over to a boxing match , which was something Boy never usually watched . |
| 14 | He got the top off and a cup poured before lowering himself gingerly back into the driving seat and passing it over to Catherine . |
| 15 | ‘ How do you mean , you wrote this ? ’ demands Howard , taking the book and turning it over in his hands . |
| 16 | And if you recall when my Colonel read John plaque it attributes to him er the aid in assisting us at in the establishment of that memorial museum , John gave us a er and sort of took that apart and hauled it over to and it was flown back to the States and that 's going to be a briefing operations room for the museum itself . |
| 17 | All the Official Custodian was doing was receiving the income and paying it over to the charities . |
| 18 | After all , death frightens the hell out of everyone ; so once you 'd gone and got it over with you might feel quite light-hearted . ’ |
| 19 | On each overseas train , a team of fitters and lifters from the Works accompanied them to their destination and handed them over to the RAMC coupled up , and ready for use . |
| 20 | Talbot looked at them and handed them over to Hawkins . |
| 21 | He denounced the entire coven of Slaanesh worshippers , including his mother , and handed them over to the Phoenix King . |
| 22 | The manager chased Cowen , who is arthritic , and handed him over to police . |
| 23 | We tied his arms behind his back and handed him over to the next village headman we encountered . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't want you collapsing on us — not good for the department 's reputation , ’ she joked lightly , and wheeled him round and handed him over to his wife . |
| 25 | On one such incident I was in command of Venturous patrolling in the Straits of Dover at the end of a very busy Bank Holiday , during which we had followed a suspect yacht from just outside Calais , and handed her over to our special unit in Dover . |
| 26 | But the tales that were told were not only gruesome but frightening — in fact sickening is probably a better word — of what happened to you if the desert Arab got hold of you and handed you over to his womenfolk . |
| 27 | She took it through to the kitchen where she and her friend were breakfasting and handed it over without speaking , then watched Stella 's face as she read . |
| 28 | There you will see the sign , a big board … that 's where … he smiled his big smile again as he tore off the piece of paper and handed it over to me . |
| 29 | On an impulse he returned to the bar , took off his own hat , the one he had bought on Maidstone 's advice , and handed it over to Franco for safe keeping . |
| 30 | He pulled a sheet from one of the beds , spread it on the floor , opened up wardrobes and drawers , scooped up armfuls of clothes — there was no time to make any kind of selection and even if there had been he would have been unable to pick and choose , they were all women 's clothing — dumped them on the sheet , tied up the four corners , lugged the bundle up the companionway and handed it over to Riley . |