Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] over a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want to talk about it , and muttered that he 'd resigned over a matter of principle concerning next year 's timetable . |
| 2 | And to Carole 's annoyance , Hyacinth Scragg had not turned up , despite the reminder she had received over a cup of tea at the conference centre . |
| 3 | To pass the time , the conversation had ranged over a variety of topics , from sport to current affairs , then had finally settled after some time on shop-talk — inevitable when any group of cops got together anywhere in the world . |
| 4 | Eisenhower had presided over a period of grim Cold War tension which he , like most Americans , believed had been caused by the ambitions of world communism . |
| 5 | It was no longer that he had been a member of the murder gang , but that he had presided over a meeting of UDA officers in order to plan it . |