Example sentences of "they [vb past] [to-vb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that the peasant associations had now become the , the sole erm sort of er th they were the authority , they , they , they began to take over control , they were th the leading the thing . |
| 2 | But then , one by one , they began to topple over like skittles , and in no time the green , shot-scarred turf was littered with unconscious figures . |
| 3 | But then they started to fight over other things , and sometimes for no reason at all . |
| 4 | They aimed to pass over to the other side of the stockade through the gap between one section and the other , where the bridge spanned the stream . |
| 5 | No you could n't I mean er at you know the the doors would n't be open be I mean you know , you could picture a wardrobe without a door , but you were working you were sandpapering that on the inside and er maybe brushing it up and down and then sandpapering that again and then they had to go over with what we call the rubber . |
| 6 | The companies vied with each other to find new settings for the basic story-lines and messages that they had to put over . |
| 7 | They had to travel over extremely bad terrain on the way but by 13 December they were in place . |
| 8 | The further they got from the rave the more bodies they had to step over . |
| 9 | The House of Commons Employment Committee proposes the establishment of a ‘ decade of retirement ’ between the age of 60 and 70 , which would allow people to choose for themselves when they wished to retire over this period of time . |
| 10 | He said Washington decided against helping the rebels because they refused to hand over General Noriega and because the US doubted their democratic good faith . |
| 11 | They attempted to take over the city ; for three days they fought the Viet Minh , and in the cross-fire Lieutenant-Colonel Dewey of OSS was shot dead . |
| 12 | ‘ I played for their club when I was touring in Germany , and they volunteered to come over and help us whenever they could . |