Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | even though they might be part and parcel of the same organization , they are not the leaseholders so they ca n't make the arrangements , so if they want to make the arrangement they must have the lease assigned to them first , then we will come to terms with them over land and to under le under let . |
| 2 | Mark Jefferson , Harriet 's cousin , came down to Cornwall ostensibly to spend a week with them over Christmas , but left the day after Boxing Day . |
| 3 | in a van with you over Easter ? |
| 4 | We tried to help Shanti to be pleased with her colour , to choose clothes that suited her , and to be co-operative with her over make-up and hair styles . |
| 5 | ‘ But , despite my perhaps allowing you to believe that , when you had the effrontery to talk incessantly about your lunch with him over dinner … ’ |
| 6 | I get on with it over lunch — a sandwich and a green apple from the canteen , eaten at my desk . |
| 7 | If , as I have suggested , the 12 members of the Community do not have much in common with us over sovereignty , what do we have in common over foreign affairs ? |
| 8 | For Princess Diana the holiday to get to her sons after being away from them over Christmas had backfired before takeoff for the Caribbean . |
| 9 | As one of the trainees said to me over dinner that night , " If this is a training course , what 's the real thing like , skipper ? " |
| 10 | earlier , we 've had a lot of calls on this on er , the best way to deal with house guests who inflict themselves on you over Christmas , have you ever had any horror stories yourself ? |
| 11 | The Major had scotched his suggestion when he mentioned it to him over lunch , but the Under-Secretary 's unexpected decision had now left them with no alternative . |
| 12 | He also said disabled shoppers had complained to him over access problems . |
| 13 | But it was she the older , the larger and clumsier , who listened to him over supper . |
| 14 | They chatted to her over tea and biscuits , tidied her house and did the odd spot of shopping . |
| 15 | With Puddephat 's disappearance in the news , it would not seem odd if she made a casual reference to it over dinner . |
| 16 | He had had a good day at the office and his head had not troubled him ; they seemed pleased with his work ; he had been looking forward to telling her about it over supper , and now this . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'll hear about it over tea . |
| 18 | I 'll tell you and Papa about it over tea , if I may . ’ |
| 19 | Next morning , she smiled at him over breakfast , drinking him in , for she must toil alone all day and bring him from the clay . |
| 20 | William Whewell in Cambridge was consulted by him over nomenclature , and took a great interest in his work , especially in his unease about the atomic theory with its inert and massy billiard-balls . |