Example sentences of "i [verb] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I mean over the years you can sort of pick a sample out and say ‘ It 's pretty close , this one ’ ; or , y'know , ‘ Do something about it ’ , there and then , if you think there is anything that can be done . |
| 2 | Despite the two question marks that I put over the Bill , I believe that the Government are right to proceed with the reforms that it contains . |
| 3 | If I squint at one window , I look over the plaza . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you mind if I look over the place ? |
| 5 | Superintendent Mercer arrived shortly afterwards and I handed over the key of the Biology Lab to him . " |
| 6 | Reluctantly I handed over the axe and made way for him , then stood , stretching my back . |
| 7 | I 've got some news on Batty from an article I read over the hols . |
| 8 | With a trembling hand I turned over the paper which was face down . |
| 9 | I turned over the ashes , found the glow within the crust , added some kindling and a log , then stood to stretch with my hands in the small of my back because it was aching . |
| 10 | I pass over the Stone Bridge virtually every day and the view is one of the utmost squalor . |
| 11 | Time to leave the village now ; I drive over the hill into the next valley , past brown winter hills scarred with peat diggings and with the occasional relief of green patches of sphagnum moss . |
| 12 | When filling small cracks , I 've found that I get a smooth finish , which requires little or no sanding , of I roll over the crack with a paint roller a few times , while the filler is still damp . , . |
| 13 | It took several layers of slightly thinned fold acrylic paint to get the effect I wanted , then , as the final touch , I worked over the parts I have previously painted red , now visible only as a dull tonal value within the fold , using well thinned films of the different pearlescent colours . |
| 14 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 15 | I turn over the page . |
| 16 | I 'm scared that sometimes I go over the top with too many solos in the one song , but I try and keep them as simple as I can . |
| 17 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 18 | The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship . |
| 19 | Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ? |
| 20 | I took over the chair previously occupied by Angus Maude , who since 1979 had carried out the impossible job of overseeing Government information . |
| 21 | I took over the family . |
| 22 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |
| 23 | I took over the poling . |
| 24 | Ever since I took over the tips section in the hallowed pages of ZZAP ! 64 , folks have whinged that most of the pokes are for Reset and Action Replay carts . |
| 25 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 26 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 27 | One hour later I cross over the burn and see the croft on the side of the hill about two hundred yards away . |
| 28 | as I puzzle over the Manchester street-plan , |
| 29 | I warn over the radio they 'll be carrying shooters under their suedes . |
| 30 | I bow over the toilet to retch but reverse away fast as last night 's urine smells like cat shit this morning . |