Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to love riding , but I went over a jump seven years ago and the horse stopped , but I kept on going , and I fractured my back , so I thought , I 'm too old for that . |
| 2 | ‘ Sometimes it does get me down , but I get over that and then it is off to the next place . ’ |
| 3 | But I plan over the next year to completely renew my rig ; there are just too many hip new things . |
| 4 | The end came rather suddenly , so I could n't have got back in time to see her , but I flew over as soon as I was free , to see what had to be done . |
| 5 | Everything tells you that the sea is there too , off to the right — but you look over and find , between yourself and the sea , two expressways , acres of docks and refineries and , beyond all of this , a massive breakwater . |
| 6 | ‘ Julius — ’ she began , but she choked over his name . |
| 7 | But she skimmed over her meeting with Roger , because it had suddenly become rather difficult to speak of him . |
| 8 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
| 9 | There was of course Ferdinando , but she hesitated over opening her heart to her husband , who would in any case need her letter read to him and would be unable to answer of his own accord . |
| 10 | They might be excellent at math — but they stumble over their tongues saying good morning to the mailman . ’ |
| 11 | But they changed over quickly cos what kids get bored with is if they 've got |
| 12 | But they gloss over the ambiguities in the concept of the subject which underlie these difficulties . |
| 13 | They do need an acid leafy soil , but they score over rhododendrons through being much more tolerant of dry summers , as the past three seasons have demonstrated . |
| 14 | And then Danny McCann could have scored a second for Fairmile in the dying moments , but he shot over from a good position . |
| 15 | But he glanced over his shoulder as he said this , as if he was not entirely sure . |
| 16 | But he came over to me , apologised and was almost in tears . ’ |
| 17 | Rossini set the words of his theatre librettists happily and so , give or take a few personal quiddities , did the Italian stories , outline and the dictate the treatment , but he handed over the actual versification to Piave , Ghislanzoni , Boito and the rest . |
| 18 | Strett , Orrell 's goal-kicker , did not have the happiest of matches , but he put over that penalty goal . |
| 19 | A well-flighted right wing cross by Paul Raynor seemed perfect for the unmarked 6ft 4in player , but he headed over from seven yards . |
| 20 | Their best chances fell to Littlejohn , but he volleyed over from David May 's misplaced header when he had time to bring the ball under control , and was then denied by Bobby Mimms . |
| 21 | But it blew over . |
| 22 | This is a useful Bill , but it papers over only one crack . |