Example sentences of "over his [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Goria quit after persistent slurs over his alleged role over a bank collapse 17 years ago and a bribery probe into the building of hospital in his northern constituency of Asti , his ministry said . |
| 2 | There had followed a brief but hotly acrimonious exchange over his reckless haste in the speedboat , versus her stupidity in not wearing a safety-line on board the ketch . |
| 3 | Ruth gazed past him , over his right shoulder to the yacht with its two beautiful people laughing and sipping champagne together on the upper deck . |
| 4 | Some saw old laws which gave a creditor tyrannical powers of coercion over his insolvent debtor as the barbarous expedients of a rude age which were both unjust and inhumane . |
| 5 | Peter 's hair is cropped on top and at the sides , but cascades over his floppy jumper at the back . |
| 6 | Thomas Prestbury , abbot of Shrewsbury , had given over his entire lodging to the prince 's party , since there were ladies among them , and the castle , tightly-garrisoned and well-supplied as a vital base against the rebellious Welsh , had little comfort to offer the Lady Percy and her women . |
| 7 | The reluctant resignation of the Defence Minister , Gerhard Stoltenberg , over the outlawed use of German weapons against Kurdish rebels in Turkey diverted attention from a potentially much more embarrassing affair — Kohl 's clash with the world Jewish community over his demonstrative meeting in the Bavarian capital with Kurt Waldheim , the pariah President of Austria . |
| 8 | Among them will be Mr Martin Lee , expelled last week from the post-1997 Basic Law drafting committee because of Beijing 's wrath over his joint leadership of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Democratic Patriot Movement in China . |
| 9 | Jones later apologised over his 25-minute contribution to the tape and promised any profits would go to charity . |
| 10 | Three steps from the top he turned his head and shouted with immense violence over his left shoulder into the dark recess beside the stairwell . |
| 11 | Sutton had taken great care over his written application for the editorship ; even his later detractors say it was brilliant . |
| 12 | By the next day we had big , black frontpage headlines that suggested Border 's job was on the line over his angry reaction to the loss of his close mate and deputy . |
| 13 | It becomes clear from Parker 's researches that Ackerley 's strongest emotion was guilt : over his supposed cowardice in the war , over his own survival at his brother 's expense , over his ‘ betrayal ’ of various working-class boyfriends . |