Example sentences of "[noun] over [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her renegotiations with Branson over her contract now became a question of who was using whom . |
| 2 | As confirmation of this , over 85 per cent of clients questioned by AMERG responded that changes in the advertising regulations had had no effect over their method of selecting architects . |
| 3 | During the middle rounds , when Mason still believed one punch could end it , he outjabbed the Wandsworth man and opened a cut over his left eye , but Mason rallied well and the last session in particular left no doubt as to which way the verdict would go . |
| 4 | The Midlander took Moffatt out of his stride with his fast , unorthodox boxing and before the first round was out Moffatt was sporting a cut over his left eye , which later needed stitches . |
| 5 | Lilian firmed her lips over her swollen gums . |
| 6 | He opened his mouth , and slipping his lips over her restraining finger , he began to suck , his eyes sparkling with wickedness . |
| 7 | ‘ I know , ’ he murmured , suddenly smiling and bending his head to run his lips over her neck . |
| 8 | Thrown into utter confusion by his volte-face , and the brush of his lips over her knuckles , she found herself agreeing , ‘ Very well . ’ |
| 9 | She watched him kneel on the floor and , taking a deep breath , she switched off all sensitivity to close her lips over his wrinkled anus . |
| 10 | She hoped that Jason would keep his mouth shut about his doubts over her work . |
| 11 | Simmons entered the Test with two centuries in his two innings in the One-Day Internationals but he did nothing to erase the doubts over his credentials as a Test batsman , airily driving a low catch to mid-off . |
| 12 | The player knew he was still combating dressing-room uncertainty and terracing doubts over his capabilities as well , when he made the mistake against Sparta Prague at Ibrox in the European Cup which meant his club 's elimination , and another trip up the marble stairway to see Smith . |
| 13 | According to members of the reforming faction , some officers have attempted to use Sir Peter Imbert 's apparent discomfiture over his role in the Guildford Four case to discredit the Plus Programme , with which he is closely identified . |
| 14 | He knew he was to face an onslaught from the Opposition over his handling of the economy . |
| 15 | He would rub a soft soap-filled sponge over her back and shoulders , and his eyes would widen in wonder at the pure whiteness of her skin and the plump coarse rosebud teats jutting like angry things from her breasts . |
| 16 | and yet she 's saying I 'm gon na make this a feature , I 'm having erm an archway over my Aga and erm , I mean she 's got a new carpet you know |
| 17 | Cos I saw erm a photo when I was eighteen and I it was sort of short in the neck over my ears short in there and then sort of fuller there and then just a bit of you know a light fringe not a heavy fringe and I thought I might have it like that so |
| 18 | Reserve police in this part of Belfast correctly point out that uncertainty over their contract is only one form of insecurity , and simply adds to the pressure of working in West Belfast ( FN 9/10/87 , p. 25 ) . |
| 19 | Uncertainty over their whereabouts and fears that they will enter the art market |
| 20 | Last year they faced uncertainty over their jobs when the Lewis 's group went bust and called in the receivers . |
| 21 | Devonport workers thought today 's announcement is bound to add to the uncertainty over their future . |
| 22 | Including them as elements of the rule serves to create uncertainty over its application . |
| 23 | The campaign had revealed renewed French fears of the power of a ( now united ) Germany , while uncertainty over its eventual result aggravated the monetary crisis within the EMS . |
| 24 | The shock and mystery of two tragic and violent deaths jostled for attention with a sense of uncertainty over her future relationship with Barney . |
| 25 | I decided to delay informing him of my visit to the Orne and speaking to the Artillerymen who were sending the shells over our heads . |
| 26 | He leaned down on the table , a hollow-faced man , the concern for his family , the tension over his impending arrest , etching itself clearly around his eyes and mouth . |
| 27 | When normal people would have been lying in their beds with the covers over their heads , these MPs bounced on to our television screens debating the minutiae of the leadership election system . |
| 28 | Consider the following brief passage : Mary heard the alarm and groaned inwardly , pulling the covers over her head . |
| 29 | Melanie went back to bed and pulled the covers over her head . |
| 30 | All she wanted to do today , however , was get into bed , pull the covers over her head and hope the world would go away . |