Example sentences of "trip over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , Policyholder visiting a friend 's house , trips over a loose carpet and injures himself . |
| 2 | He burst into the yard , tripped over a duck and nearly fell over . |
| 3 | I tripped over a root , half lost my balance , shoved the new factors into oblivion . |
| 4 | A giant of a man made for Thiercelin , but tripped over a fallen comrade and crashed to the floor . |
| 5 | And the videotape of Cal and me playing Bottom and Titania in A Midsummer Night 's Dream last year , with us collapsing in giggles when she tripped over a cobweb and brought down half the lights . |
| 6 | Fuelled by a heady cocktail of cider , Beatles records , cider , local heroes like , erm , bus drivers and a bit more cider , the trio tripped over a delirious blueprint for success . |
| 7 | In front , Ramsay 's own mount tripped over a fallen beast and rider and all but threw its own , but recovered . |
| 8 | He tripped over a fallen body and this gave Balliol sufficient time to jump back and slam the door shut behind him . |
| 9 | Alison , from Aberdulais , West Glamorgan , was walking to a restaurant with her boyfriend when she tripped over a kerb and fell headlong into the Georgian-style leaded windows of a shop . |
| 10 | Alison , from Aberdulais , West Glamorgan , was walking to a restaurant with her boyfriend when she tripped over a kerb and fell headlong into the Georgian-style leaded windows of a shop . |
| 11 | Clary tripped over a cable during filming and broke his foot . |
| 12 | In his excitement Benny jumped backwards and tripped over a lump of wood . |
| 13 | She had not walked a hundred metres before she tripped over a loose stone and went crashing over a steep overhang . |
| 14 | Dexter explained in his nasal twang that an unknown woman had passed Nowak 's bed the previous evening during visiting hours , tripped over a chair and fallen on him . |
| 15 | If a friend was visiting the Policyholder and tripped over a loose carpet there could be liability subject to the Policyholder being negligent , ie if the Policyholder had been aware of the loose carpet for some time and had done nothing to prevent an accident happening . |
| 16 | Jenna came back to the present rapidly and painfully as she tripped over a fallen and partially sunken log . |
| 17 | He took a few steps forward and tripped over a heavy iron grill set over one of the graves to protect it from the resurrectionists who had once supplied Dr Knox 's anatomy classes . |
| 18 | One policeman tripped over a litter-bin and sat down heavily in the gutter . |
| 19 | ‘ He tripped over a volume of Proust when he was a kid . |
| 20 | A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy broke his arm at a council park when he tripped over a vandalised safety surface . |
| 21 | Suppose your new washing machine is on the blink ; or your neighbour puts up a fence inside your boundary ; or you trip over a paving stone and break your leg . |
| 22 | I trip over a log and fall but do n't hurt myself . |
| 23 | in suddenly , tripping over a raped |
| 24 | He heard again the noise of doors opening , voices , saw a light streaming across the street , and he was scrambling frantically over the bomb-site , tripping over a pile of rubble , tearing his coat on a fence , and running down the shockingly open street , running for his life . |
| 25 | A GIRL on an evening out died in a freak accident by just tripping over a kerb . |
| 26 | I did that by averting my eyes and crossing the road quickly , almost tripping over a chestnut-seller at the entrance to St Christopher 's Place . |
| 27 | An inquest 's heard how an experienced woman rider died when her horse somersaulted on top of her after tripping over a jump . |