Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [prep] [noun] over the " in BNC.

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1 Five ministers retained their posts , including Deputy Prime Ministers Becir Zuta and Jovan Andonov , Interior Minister Ljubomir Frckoski , and Foreign Minister Denko Malevski , who had offered his resignation in June over the issue of international recognition of Macedonia .
2 Rodrigo strove mightily not to offend his Moorish subjects , especially in Valencia which became his base of operations over the succeeding months .
3 He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered .
4 ‘ Simon sitting between the twins and Piggy , wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy who grabbed it .
5 Then he slides his saucepan of milk over the flame .
6 Gary Wolstenholme drew on his wealth of experience over the Hoylake course to give England the all-important point which keeps them on course for a fifth title in a decade .
7 Edward agreed to renounce his claim to the French crown , while John was to abandon his demand for sovereignty over the lands ceded to the English .
8 One of the striking things about Havel is his commitment to drama over the past quarter-century and his insistence , in the period immediately before the Czech revolution , that he was first and foremost a writer .
9 If a third party has harmed the child , therefore , the statutory criteria will only be met if a reasonable parent would have acted to prevent the harm or was unable to do so because of his lack of control over the child .
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