Example sentences of "[vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Von Karajan simply looked over , as if to say , ‘ I know my job , I hope you know yours . |
| 2 | After they 'd looked over about ten children , the doctor yawned and said , ‘ I do n't see any problems here . |
| 3 | Paul Shipton is doing the initial writing , and his manuscript will be looked over by Tom Hutchinson before being finalized . |
| 4 | M. Dupont had not once looked over in Mr Lewis 's direction during the course of this speech , and indeed , once the company had toasted his lordship and were seated again , all those present seemed to be studiously avoiding looking towards the American gentleman . |
| 5 | Two of us in a great mass of strangers , and various things to do that you 've got to get right , like follow signs and collect your luggage ; then you get looked over by the customs , and no-one particularly cares who you are or what you 're doing there so the two of you have to keep one another cheerful … |
| 6 | She tried telling herself that he was just another idle aristocratic adventurer ; she had been looked over by several of the type and others of lesser breeding during her ten years in the public eye at the Fish . |
| 7 | Over the years my thoughts as well as my eyes have roved and as Jimmy Carter once said ‘ Ah have lusted in mah heart , ’ but as the car leaves the party and we 've waved our goodbyes to the other guests , it 's a rare night indeed that I have n't looked over and thought ‘ Thank God I 'm going home with him . ’ |
| 8 | Seeing so much technology in use , the car was ‘ looked over ’ to see if we had a radar detector — we did n't . |
| 9 | Bond Street had been looked over and found wanting : the clothes not displayed as they should be , the new vendeuse lacking in charm . |
| 10 | Yes thank you , a few things from our point of view is er three point eight , I 'm sure the policy will be well looked over by our friend , comments by members have to make please . |
| 11 | He ordered a cloak to be draped and tied round the body which was then slung over a horse and they continued on their way to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 12 | He had smiled at the frontier guards and kept walking with his rucksack slung over one shoulder … until the hand had clamped on his collar , and the boots had pitched him into a cell . |
| 13 | He walked to a battered Land Rover with the carcass slung over his shoulder , its tongue lolling from the tenderly parted mouth . |
| 14 | He signalled to Yuan , and with the change in gravity he was at the entrance with his belt slung over one shoulder before Alexei started to cross the floor . |
| 15 | Then someone she did like , Mr. Middlemass , the Document Examiner , with his jacket slung over his shoulders , leaping up the stairs three steps at a time and calling out a greeting to the desk . |
| 16 | Now , with her bag slung over her shoulder and her sunglasses propped firmly on her nose , it struck her as simply crowded . |
| 17 | OK , people can vent their frustrations … but its the same stuff being regurgitated over and over . |
| 18 | Critics have drooled and dribbled over her out-of-this-world beauty and wide , spacey blue eyes , but now Kim Basinger is confounding them all by playing the title creature-from-another-planet in My Stepmother Is An Alien . |
| 19 | First courses such as asparagus ( choose vinaigrette rather than butter , or better yet , fresh lemon to be squeezed over ) ; oysters ( almost no calories , but watch out for the buttered brown bread ! ) ; soused and smoked fish ( the soused fish — usually herring — is lower in calories than the smoked , but both are fairly light ) ; fish and vegetable terrines ( though usually made with cream , you get very little in a slice ) ; quails ' eggs ( without mayonnaise ) ; and stuffed or marinated vegetables . |
| 20 | Arfur spoke for everybody when he said , a wondering expression on his face : ‘ My Daddy just felled over and died ! ’ |
| 21 | That car could not have tipped over of itself . |
| 22 | He failed to release in time to prevent the towplane from being tipped over into the ground . |
| 23 | His shot hit the upright but Swindon , encouraged , at last began to make an impression and Bolton survived a narrow squeak as Simpson 's powerful effort was tipped over by a leaping Felgate . |
| 24 | Iraq , a signatory to the non-proliferation treaty , appears to have managed to divert nuclear materials to bomb-making despite regular safeguard inspections , but the treaty has been a success on the whole — as indeed has been the complex structure of hot-line , surveillance and negotiation which has ensured that the East-West ‘ balance of terror ’ never tipped over into nuclear war : |
| 25 | The stool on which the boy had been sitting tipped over and hit the floor with a loud crash . |
| 26 | Clive Allen missed one great chance six minutes before half-time when his snap shot from inside the box , following a superb pass by Julian Dicks , was brilliantly tipped over by Bees ' keeper Graham Benstead . |
| 27 | For example , Uranus , which is much more massive than the Earth , seems to have been tipped over so that it lies on its side . |
| 28 | Stainless steel can be used , although being relatively lightweight these containers may be tipped over easily . |
| 29 | When confronted with the pollution , G. says the manager claimed it was an accident , that a vat had tipped over accidentally and the ice cream had disappeared down a drain . |
| 30 | Filled with scented citronella oil , a proven insect repellent , the lamps have pre-set wicks with 50 or 100 burning hours and will extinguish automatically if accidentally tipped over . |