Example sentences of "to [pers pn] over the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The boss sounded agitated when I spoke to him over the phone . ’ |
| 32 | The children stood on the top step and spoke to him over the half-door . |
| 33 | ‘ Thank you ! ’ she called out to him over the hubbub . |
| 34 | Mr Carter , who is business development manager at ICI Billingham , says he knew the instant it was described to him over the phone that the property was just what they were looking for . |
| 35 | Everything that has happened to her over the past year has been genuine , from breaking her thumb to the operation , not to mention all the hassle she has had from standing by her father . |
| 36 | In the build up to her first ever world tour , the now seasoned campaigner decided it was time to kill the cutesy girl-next-door and reflect the reality of what had happened to her over the previous two years . |
| 37 | But you may get to keep the other assets from the marriage , or pay less to her over the years . |
| 38 | Every sound , every movement , told her what he was doing … the shoes placed neatly side by side , the braces flicked down over his shoulders , the trousers carefully folded and laid across the back of the wicker chair , his footsteps coming to her over the creaking floorboards ; every sound , every movement … he was touching her now , warm , tickling , smooth , his naked body moving up and down against her , his voice in her ear , soft and loving , fingers probing , his mouth on hers ; the gasp of excitement when he entered her , jabbing , hard , growing excited . |
| 39 | Anita Saada had children of similar ages to Laura 's and was to become a staunch source of support to her over the years . |
| 40 | Again Meredith Wyatt was almost on to her over the fence . |
| 41 | But er when she says I 'm not talking to her she means she has n't spoke to her over the telephone |
| 42 | With any luck , it should not need much doing to it over the next few years . |
| 43 | How can anyone be so arrogant as to talk about this Creature , this Thing , as if they knew It , as if they had just had a letter from It or had chatted to It over the phone , when the It can not be conceived , understood , described , or even proved to exist . |
| 44 | I fell into deceit quite easily , having got used to it over the past months . |
| 45 | This particular collection is from the Allied free standing range — an ideal choice for ‘ New Beginnings , ’ because you can add to it over the years . |
| 46 | Every sojourner in Fort William simply must pay a visit to Glen Nevis , even giving preference to it over the train journey to Mallaig if time is limited . |
| 47 | It 'll be a way to acknowledge the end of an era as well as to acknowledge the people who contributed to it over the last 20 years . |
| 48 | This short article is to let you know what has happened to us over the last few months . |
| 49 | Of course , the Zim 's rock 'n' roll and Country leanings have become obvious to us over the years , but back then this was provocative stuff indeed . |
| 50 | One of the marvellous things about this record is that there 's so many references to all sorts of things that have happened to us over the last couple of years . |
| 51 | Send to Alternatively , you can dictate your letter to us over the telephone . |
| 52 | Sun is looking to shoot down Silicon Graphics Inc with Freedom , admitting that its graphics specialist neighbour in Mountain View , California , has been ‘ a major irritation to us over the last few years . ’ |
| 53 | Alternatively , you can dictate your letter to us over the telephone . |
| 54 | As a weak sun died and the shadows closed in around us , we saw the high pointed gables and turreted walls of the fortified manor house beckoning darkly to us over the treetops . |
| 55 | There 's something special about things that come to us over the centuries . ’ |