Example sentences of "to [pers pn] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later still again , she was doing her A's , there was Daddy talking to them over the shepherd 's pie about Keir Hardie , and her saying , ‘ Oh gosh I see , yes — ! ’ and Mummy laughing , ‘ Can we all eat and not so much learned talk . |
| 2 | Davie Jess , a well known wag , entertained his mates with a flood of stories , many of which , as he said later , John Robertson , a man known to have a fine voice was asked to sing a song ; the only songs of which he knew the words were all hymns and soon rescuers gathered in the control room on the surface heard a strong , clear rendering of The Old Rugged Cross coming to them over the internal telephone system , with more than 100 trapped miners joining in the chorus . |
| 3 | And other players will be added to the list after Keegan has spoken to them over the weekend . |
| 4 | Do you want to be able to add to them over the years or is the manufacturer likely to discontinue that particular pattern ? |
| 5 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
| 6 | Most of the people who have been close to me over the years have been paid to be . |
| 7 | I am in the possession of a number of splendid suits , kindly passed on to me over the years by Lord Darlington himself , and by various guests who have stayed in this house and had reason to be pleased with the standard of service here . |
| 8 | AS YOU CAN imagine , the dozen or so habitations , and their inmates , became very dear to me over the years , and gradually took over from reality . |
| 9 | I may now have an inkling of what has happened to me over the last few years ; I may have lined up a few suspects , even tentatively put my finger on ‘ who done it ’ ; I may have my own private detectives working alongside the regular police , and we may have made an arrest or two , but the file has not been closed . |
| 10 | Thank you , QP , for all the kindness you have shown to me over the time of my mother 's illness and death . |
| 11 | At this moment , Madam , who knew me , shrieked to me over the heads of the crowd : " You — there — please ! |
| 12 | ‘ So many people have said to me over the years that it is very sad I never bore Norman a child , that I only ever had stepchildren to love . |
| 13 | Now Mrs Pearson was most kind to me over the sale of the house — indeed , but for her kindness I would probably never have got it . |
| 14 | I 've had a wonderful run , and I 've enjoyed it hugely and I just ca n't say what it has meant to me over the past four marvellous Ryder Cups . |
| 15 | Since he refuses to talk to me over the phone , he 'll have the pleasure of talking to me in person instead ! |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll have you know that Tim has been a very good friend to me over the past five years . ’ |
| 17 | And I had a couple of months making it and god , it was such a wonderful time I had and writing the lyrics and saying things about love and feelings that have meant something to me over the years . |
| 18 | Again , this is information which is useful to you over the long term . |
| 19 | Peter called to him : ‘ Lord if it is you , tell me to come to you over the water . ’ |
| 20 | Again , this is information which is useful to you over the long term . |
| 21 | It 's surprising just how much that interest can be worth to you over the full period of your course . |
| 22 | Otto 's been a good friend to you over the years . ’ |
| 23 | For the simple reason that we have no debt to finance , we have no debts to finance , and if we 'd listened to you over the years , on our sur surplus land and property . |
| 24 | It was a lot easier it was a lot easier when they used to give them to you over the counter . |
| 25 | But the Mirror article , read to him over the phone while he was in Korea , was a personal attack . |
| 26 | Armed with FARMERS WEEKLY information ( read out to him over the telephone ) I was able instantly to negotiate a return to quarterly charging with my branch manager and a reduction of ½%; in the cost of my borrowing over base rate . |
| 27 | It 's a rare person who can ignore a letter sent personally to him over the signature of Clint Eastwood or Charlton Heston , saying ‘ I need your help ’ . |
| 28 | Michael Rosen 's collection of Rude Rhymes ( Signet , £3.99 ) sent to him over the years by members of the public are rather lavatorial — and that 's probably the best place to keep it . |
| 29 | But Leopold soon found another source of grievance — the fact that Wolfgang had lied to him over the money he had earned . |
| 30 | It had come to him over the last year or so that there was only one thing that made him different from other men , and that was the weight he was carrying on his mind . |