Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr Pannone said that while the Director of Public Prosecutions had decided eventually to prosecute P & O European Ferries and directors and employees over the Herald of Free Enterprise tragedy , he had decided against prosecutions over the King 's Cross fire . |
| 2 | An expatriate Iranian satirist , Hadi Khorsandi , later claimed in fun to have had the ear of Rafsanjani , who told him that his discussions with McFarlane ‘ were meant only for him to practise the English language … all the contacts he had had with Americans over the past year had been made for the purpose of learning irregular verbs . ’ |
| 3 | There are an increasing number of surveys which have looked at individuals over a period of time . |
| 4 | The table shows the steady progress we have made with tokamaks over the past quarter of a century . |
| 5 | Local shell fishermen have clashed with conservationists over the latter 's appeal for an end to shellfish potting in the waters around Skomer Island 's Marine Nature Reserve , south-west Wales . |
| 6 | ‘ But recent events have led to anxieties over the quality of some of these drugs . ’ |
| 7 | Only 29 per cent of four-day matches have ended in draws over the last two seasons . |
| 8 | I presume you have access to the various briefing papers we have circulated to branches over the last 18 months or so . |