Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harvest the seeds in July-August by cutting the seedheads just before the first seeds start to fall , and hanging them over a tray in a dry airy place . |
| 2 | She took a towel and hanging it over her arm , she made her way upstairs , her mind spinning with troubled thoughts . |
| 3 | Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa . |
| 4 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 5 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 6 | And she was all right because when I got back here , she drove up and asked me over for coffee . |
| 7 | Well now I have in front of me my book that I wrote with Rachel Lowe about these erm these early film erm makers of Britain , and leafing it over I see some of the facts which lie behind the Brighton 's , Brighton 's contribution to this . |
| 8 | If they wanted to make an offer she would listen and think it over . |
| 9 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |
| 10 | ‘ Nothing , ’ Lucy said , taking another chair from by the wall and bringing it over so that she could sit facing him across the desk . |
| 11 | So much so that occasionally Rosemary would insist on cooking supper and bringing it over — always with enough for an extra helping in case a guest should turn up . |
| 12 | She picked one , hoisting the bread under one arm , and swished it over her shoulder at the swarm of cattle flies that buzzed there . |
| 13 | There may be the germs of many good ideas there , but to allow them out and pick them over is to expose them too soon to the light of day . |
| 14 | But then he picked up the rubbish bag and slung it over his shoulder . |
| 15 | Allen picked up the sack and slung it over his shoulder and they all three went out into the open air . |
| 16 | He unclipped his shield belt and slung it over his shoulder . |
| 17 | She picked up the string of the cardboard box containing her gas mask and slung it over her shoulder . |
| 18 | Bernadette : With my other babies they 've mostly left them quite close to me , but she was put over to the side , the doctor was slow in coming , and she went over and checked her over , instead of coming to speak to me as they usually do — she went out again and did n't even look at me [ laughs ] … |
| 19 | ‘ I calmed him down and checked him over and then the ambulance took over . ’ |
| 20 | He landed the plane himself and taxied it over to where President and Mrs Sadat were waiting with a guard of honour , a twenty-one-gun salute , a military band to play the national anthems of Iran and Egypt , and a red carpet . |
| 21 | The candlelight had taken his cheap suit and made it over in some priceless fabric . |
| 22 | Delving into her bag , Cara extracted a few cards from her wallet and passed them over to her , and while Fabia , who knew her sister went by her maiden name in her job , was looking at the printed cards that announced ‘ Cara Kingsdale , Verity magazine ’ , Cara was suggesting , ‘ Keep those by you just in case Mr Gajdusek wants proof that you represent Verity . |
| 23 | She read it twice and passed it over to Roman . |
| 24 | Kobold dug it out and passed it over . |
| 25 | GUIL takes a third coin , spins , it , catches it in his right hand , turns it over on to his left wrist , lobs it in the air , catches it with his left hand , raises his left leg , throws the coin up and under it , catches it and turns it over on to the top of his head , where it sits . |
| 26 | He went over to the bed , lifted up the skirts and the separate bodice and draped them over his arm , pushing Meredith in front of the ornate Venetian gilt mirror complete with cherubs and vine leaves that occupied a good twenty feet of wall space . |
| 27 | She folded her slip and draped it over a chair . |
| 28 | Doreen stepped out of her slip , and draped it over a chair . |
| 29 | He collected his coat and draped it over one shoulder . |
| 30 | He pulled the blanket from underneath himself and draped it over his shoulders . |