Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun prp] over [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the base for his ‘ Highgrove set ’ , the gang of pals which included Camilla Parker Bowles whose friendship with Charles over the years made Diana so jealous . |
| 2 | The survival of the Honours of Scotland over the centuries has depended on many loyal Scots , some known but just as many unknown . |
| 3 | At one level this meant that the exiguous legal structure of this relationship afforded much social power to the landowner , whose ability to terminate the tenancy at pleasure might hang like a sword of Damocles over the heads of his tenant farmers . |
| 4 | His recital of the history of the archbishops ' exercise of authority over the whole of Britain over the centuries is punctuated by quotations from Gregory , proclaiming the claims of antiquity as a model for future conduct . |
| 5 | Protest meetings had been held throughout Romania in July over the authorities ' refusal to release Munteanu and others detained since the violence in Bucharest on June 13-15 . |
| 6 | The committee backed a motion by Holyhead councillor Alan Pritchard , recognising the station 's contribution to the economy of Gwynedd over the years . |
| 7 | So , Sir , I have been able to reflect on the inherent good sense of the people of Worcester over the years I have been privileged to be the Member for that constituency . |
| 8 | He can go to Liam 's people at Hilltown over the mountains . |
| 9 | Many well known companies built ships in Leith over the years . |
| 10 | The indemnity was described simply as a payment ‘ for making peace ’ , but it has been pointed out that the sum of £20,000 is close to the amount thought to have been extorted by the Scots from the northern counties of England over the years since Bannockburn , and the payment may have been seen as compensation for the destruction wrought in the north . |
| 11 | There was uproar in Israel over the massacres , Begin coming near to defeat in the Knesset . |
| 12 | Seven other individuals , not related to his family , who had come to have a high regard for Beattie over the years among them were three or four Roman Catholics , including a man whom he had helped to find a new house after he and his wife had been intimidated out of their home by the Provisional IRA . |
| 13 | Detailed observation of Willis over the years , however , and his general ‘ out to lunch ’ demeanour , suggested Dylan to be more a tribute to that rather vacant rabbit of Magic Roundabout fame . |
| 14 | I think Mum 's come to some sort of agreement with Viola over the profits . |
| 15 | Analysts say Mr Patten has been fighting a war of nerves with China over the proposals , with neither wanting to go into any negotiations from a position of weakness . |
| 16 | A review is given of the changes made in discharge practices at Sellafield over the years , and the reasons for those changes . |