Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implications of ‘ story ’ have hardened to the extent that Federman constantly refers to the narrative as a ‘ recitation ’ , as if he were writing over earlier texts such as Beat novels . |
| 2 | Now I have nothing against Terry as a person , although I do not think I would cross the road to help him if he were run over by a lorry , but that is neither here nor there . |
| 3 | It was a degrading situation for Tom and would be a humiliation if he were passed over . |
| 4 | He is to take over not only the redevelopment of derelict inner-city sites , a major initiative in itself , but also the overlordship of the ten ( soon to be 12 ) Urban Development Corporations , as well as acting as an English development agency , attracting foreign companies to English towns and cities in the same way as he did for Wales . |
| 5 | Again he is taking over precisely the ‘ modern ’ definitions and oppositions , between the normal and pathological , the natural and unnatural , etc. , which have been shown to be both confused and ideological in the narrow sense . |
| 6 | Knowing how hard times are , local dealer Ernst Beyeler is inviting visitors to join a pilgrimage from market to temple : until 27 September , he is taking over both Kunstmuseum and Kunsthalle to stage an exhibition . |
| 7 | The feedback from Alaska is positive and he feels he is taking over a successful concern with a good track record being put in place . |
| 8 | The following are other more general concerns as to the extent of the liabilities : ( 1 ) If the purchaser 's finance for the transaction is limited he will probably need to know the precise amount of the liabilities he is taking over . |
| 9 | Maybe he is getting over his bereavement , ’ I suggested . |
| 10 | He is hunched over , his elbows fused to his knees and his hands pressed flat against the sides of his head , blinkering his downwards stare from the irreconcilable contrast of ever changing outside and never-changing inside . |
| 11 | A person who has a migraine or who has been spinning round and round , may feel as if he is reeling over , although there is no movement to be seen by people watching him . |
| 12 | Again at Easter he is arguing over his fee for attending the Archbishop at Canterbury and threatens that unless he is payed the sum of twenty shillings a day for three days he would never again obey the Archbishop 's mandate . |
| 13 | When his strength , therefore , or his speed , or his limbs , or his senses fail him , he is delivered over , either to absolute famine , or to the protracted wretchedness of a life slowly wasted by the scarcity of food . |
| 14 | He is coming over for a tour which culminates in the Edinburgh Festival , and he will be promoting both this and his third Easy Rawlins tale . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's ticking over . |
| 16 | After all , Bush has nothing to lose — he 's handing over the White House to Clinton . |
| 17 | Paul Aitken has always hankered after the bright lights , so at the age of forty-two he 's handing over his business to his staff while he goes on the road to promote his record . |
| 18 | A production assistant hot-footed it round to Camera 3 's position and came through with : ‘ Jeez , boss , three 's crook — he 's fell over in the heat . ’ |
| 19 | She says he 's er he 's fell over in the , you know , and er , he he 's al , he were always running , he gets on left side onto us runs to this corner , calls out to the missus |
| 20 | Russia 's Vice-President , Alexander Rutskoi , says he 's taking over from Boris Yeltsin as the country 's leader . |
| 21 | Not that that promises him much of a life , ’ she added , jutting a doubtful lip , ‘ now he 's getting over his saintliness . |
| 22 | I spect he 's fallen over and ca n't get up . |
| 23 | He 's fallen over in it before now . |
| 24 | " Unless he 's bound over ? " asked Bert . |
| 25 | In real life he flies Andovers at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire , but for now he 's pawing over charts of a different kind , plotting his route to the eastern seaboard of the United States . |
| 26 | He 's staring over . |
| 27 | He 's coming over as soon as he can . |
| 28 | He 's coming over later this morning to see me . ’ |
| 29 | Except he 's coming over very soon . |
| 30 | Pu our own Putney has been awarded the medal of honour , sixth highest medal of honour for erm services to the Danish industry and he 's coming over and they 're having a a caviar and champagne reception at the Danish Embassy and now the Queen of Denmark Queen Margarite is coming over . |