Example sentences of "over [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1950s and 60s he took over or formed a number of firms — Sun Resta Ltd , Multi Resta Ltd , Sleepy Valley Ltd etc , and one , Multi Spring Ltd in Mitcham Surrey , which according to its headed note paper are ‘ contractors to HM Government ’ . |
| 2 | Often the reasons for being passed over or failing a job interview will not be properly explained . |
| 3 | Anyone who did n't get his leg over and smoke a few joints was n't in it as a normal human being . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ In the Oxford of the late Sixties , anyone who did n't get his leg over and smoke a few joints was n't in it as a normal human being ’ |
| 5 | Peter called the waitress over and ordered a large brandy . |
| 6 | Katrina went over and had a quick word with her , then she beckoned towards me . |
| 7 | So everybody was telling me about this so I went away over and had a look at it . |
| 8 | A teacher who regards his work in this way , who sees his task as being not merely an overseer of academic progress but a mature adult who watches over and helps a child to find personal identity in an ever more complex and fast moving world may deservedly claim to be considered doing work worthy of professional status . |
| 9 | Warehouseman Lee Seary is secretly glad his six-year old son became tired while playing a pike — because he took over and landed a personal best 27 lb specimen . |
| 10 | The little Aeronca then took over and produced a perfect wheeler with no tendency to shoot off to either side , just the odd stiff little bump over the slightly uneven grass . |
| 11 | She leaned over and chose a chocolate biscuit . |
| 12 | Otherwise , you may find that two leaves cross over and hide a flower or a bud . |
| 13 | After my uncle 's death in April 1976 he visited Wyvis Hall on perhaps two , or at the most three , separate occasions simply for the purpose of looking it over and reaching a decision about the disposal of furniture and effects . |
| 14 | Deaf people will think the film 's over and take a hike before I get to do my roof-top ending . ’ |
| 15 | Turn the leaf over and use a sharp knife to cut each of the main veins on the leaf . |
| 16 | He showed a handful of greasepaint and rubber to the officer , who strode over and asked a question . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's always the case of black people having to go mainstream to be accepted , instead of us doing our shit how we wan na do it and them coming over and taking a look , ’ says Roger D. ‘ We 're doing it for ourselves now . |
| 18 | ‘ Spray paint that over and wait a few minutes . |
| 19 | The reaper cut the corn by bending over and gasping a bunch of ears in his left hand , as Caleb Howe did on his allotment , inserting the sickle and drawing it towards him in a sawing action . |
| 20 | And those bits again , either tuck them in out of the way or better still fold them over and put a big plaster over the top to get them right out the way so no ends are left dangling , remember for most people you 're doing this for they 'll probably be returning to their place of work , okay , so they need to be safe to return to work , everybody okay on that lot ? |
| 21 | They 've got a spare room in my mum 's flat so I just took it over and put a weights bench in and , what else , a rowing machine and I started to do some weights |
| 22 | Banyon pushed his glass away from him so sharply , it fell over and spilt a small pool of brandy on the table . |
| 23 | Unless she says she going to so to go over and spend a weekend now and again with her kids but er that sounds right . |
| 24 | you wo n't move over and let a labour government introduce a national minimum wage . |
| 25 | Three months later a very different Prime Minister took over and established a very different command and control post in No. 10 . |
| 26 | There 's a nice china dog on the side by some books , but I do n't go over and have a look . |
| 27 | I 'll go over and have a word with him . |
| 28 | ‘ Why do n't you both come over and have a cup of tea some time ? ’ he suggests . |
| 29 | I said what will you do pull over and have a go at him . |
| 30 | He says I 'll get her to come over and have a chat with you . |