Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] a [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 TREVOR GORDON sunk two free throws two seconds from time to give England a 75–71 triumph over Russia at Manchester 's G-Mex Centre last night .
2 ‘ Sit down before you go , ’ said Mrs Parker kindly ; she thought McAllister a great improvement over Bailey , so soft-spoken and pleasant .
3 A POWERFUL low drive by Nick Summerbee earned England a 1–0 win over Scotland and eased them into the final of the Under-21 tournament in Toulon last night .
4 Frank Pingel 's second half goal gave Denmark a 1–0 victory over Albania in Tirana , keeping the European champions unbeaten and one point behind the Republic of Ireland in group three .
5 First-half goals by Brian Grant and Paul Kane gave Aberdeen a 2–0 win over Motherwell .
6 AN interception try and a penalty , both in the last five minutes , earned Llanelli a narrow victory over Boroughmuir in a spectacular game in front of a 4,000 crowd at Meggetland last night .
7 Norman Pinder gave Meryl a hesitant smile over the top of his tray .
8 KEVIN DEARDEN saved a second-half penalty to earn Birmingham a 2–1 victory over Bolton which lifted them back to the top of the Third Division for the first time since November .
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