Example sentences of "him over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Go now , ’ the voice commanded him over the earpiece . |
| 2 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 3 | Tattling about him over the teacups . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And then the solicitor asked us to advised us to have certain things amended and Mr had no problem when I told him over the telephone , he just said send it back and we 'll just amend it . |
| 6 | So I said , ‘ How nice , thank you , ’ and handed him over the cheque . |
| 7 | Not only had I had that run in with him over the rehearsals but he was also the fussiest teacher in the school when it came to long hair . |
| 8 | Ellen dropped an awed curtsy , rounded eyes gazing up at him over the pile of red woollen mantle in her arms . |
| 9 | Stewart and Olazabal came back at him over the back nine but , unlike in the Lancome Trophy when Eduardo Romero chipped in to deny him his second tour victory this year , this time the West German was not to be disappointed . |
| 10 | She narrowed her eyes at him over the coffee-table . |
| 11 | The Court of Appeal held that his dismissal was fair and that it was not vitiated by a failure to consult him over the reorganisation . |
| 12 | ‘ They 're likely to charge him over the weekend , so Gerry was tipping me the wink there 's no story for us . |
| 13 | Wood could still play if there is any danger of a recurrence of Simon Brown 's problems with cramp , which troubled him over the weekend , while Simon Hughes is also due for a rest . |
| 14 | It seemed to Joe that his mother was waiting behind the hall door for him , because no sooner had he entered the house than there she was , staring at him over the distance . |
| 15 | Another added a series of syllables which sounded like yumyumyum to help him over the blocks . |
| 16 | There was a pause , than a woman 's reddened , raddled face squinted at him over the sill . |
| 17 | ‘ I heard him over the intercom once — we were on an exercise — up in the clouds — saying , ‘ sorry , Oggy , forgot my ruler ! ’ |
| 18 | The boy was pictured in a stilled movement that clearly represented the brief moment before he reached out and reached down to pluck the flower , a movement which would topple him over the edge to certain death . |
| 19 | She cupped her hands underneath him and eased him over the edge . |
| 20 | Jannie lay in bed , looking at him over the edge of the covers . |
| 21 | From there , two or three strides would have taken him over the edge and into oblivion . |
| 22 | ‘ It completely tripped him over the edge , ’ said Mr Allan . |
| 23 | I ca n't think hitting him but I do n't think I could put him over the edge . |
| 24 | Er er er , I ca n't remember him throwing him over the edge . |
| 25 | At one point they fell out and Schine chased Cohn through a hotel lobby swatting him over the head with a rolled-up magazine , to the delight of the large Press corps , who wrote stories headlined after the dialogue of the famous duo , ‘ Positively , Mr Cohn ! ’ and ‘ Absolutely , Mr Schine ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ What am I supposed to do ? ’ he said in an aggrieved tone but ( fortunately , Nutty thought ) a misguided girl in puce trousers hit him over the head with a handbag and he launched himself instantly at his aggressor , being no respecter of the female sex , and thereby deflected a fair amount of Jazz 's opposition on to himself , the girl 's screaming indignation making her plight quite plain . |
| 27 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 28 | Just before the accident , he had snatched his favourite toy from his brother and had been stopped by his mother from hitting him over the head . |
| 29 | The first time Nathan knew for certain that something was n't right was when Donald smashed him over the head with a can of beans . |
| 30 | Hit him over the head . |