Example sentences of "[prep] them over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their choice to negotiate for them over the property group 's restructuring is the American financier who , after a colourful career in the more maverick corners of the Euromarkets , agreed to buy the Marshalls money-broking business from British & Commonwealth but failed to find the cash . |
| 2 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 3 | Few words had passed between them over the past week , and now she could see that it was with an effort he said , ‘ Your mother tells me about this idea of hers . |
| 4 | Some French troops had to be withdrawn from Brittany to pursue and harry Gaunt 's forces , but the diversion of the expedition from its original destination served to embitter relations between Duke John and Gaunt , which were in any case strained after a quarrel between them over the wages due to their troops , and the English garrisons at Brest , Bécherel ( a fortress some twenty miles south of St Malo ) , and Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte were still hard pressed by du Guesclin 's forces . |
| 5 | Maybe , thought Alix , that mild , concerned approach of Hannah 's is all a front , devised between them over the years , consciously or unconsciously , to mediate , to palliate , to distract attention ? |
| 6 | This , however , was denied by Kravchuk on March 19 , and at the Kiev summit he denied Yeltsin 's claims of a telephone conversation between them over the issue on March 16 . |
| 7 | In addition , Iraq viewed Kuwait as having gradually eaten away patches of Iraqi territory in the border area between them over the years and also as draining reserves from part of Iraq 's South Rumailah oilfield which straddled the frontier . |
| 8 | He has not given up the running battle between them over the question of form , which started out with his victory on accommodation . |
| 9 | As they stood there looking east they were able to discern a small buzzing winged shape heading towards them over the immense Capability Brown park . |
| 10 | Seagulls , able to detect the appearance of a piece of bread at a hundred yards away , advanced slowly towards them over the shelving ground . |
| 11 | The ride down Northern Boulevard from La Guardia airport to the Queensboro bridge may not be the best way to see New York for the first time although Maxim caught glimpses of its towers jolting towards them over the grey horizon . |
| 12 | An upper garment is drawn diagonally across the breasts , revealing their broad forms and falling loose below them over the tight belt which it conceals at the sides , and it hangs in a shallow curve on the left hip , a long trail on the right . |
| 13 | He fears the impact on the traditional character of pubs if the brewers have their way and turn many of them over the leaseholders . |
| 14 | He has got through a dozen of them over the years and generations of cricketers have passed by . |
| 15 | She said : ‘ I hit one of them over the head in the bedroom and then I got going . |
| 16 | It is important to note that any of these items can occur with anybody , en when there is no addictive disease , and that some people may even eve experienced several of them over the years . |
| 17 | The customer services team are rarely seen by customers but maintain close contact with every one of them over the telephone . |
| 18 | ‘ We get a lot of donations from relatives and friends of people we have nursed here and we have kept a record of them over the last few years , ’ said Mrs Deidre Shaw , administrator for the appeal . |
| 19 | She saw the long sheds , and the wooden posts , shining and smooth where the cows had rubbed against them over the years . |
| 20 | This time Mr and Mrs Dare were alone , and she enjoyed the half-hour she spent with them over the study fire . |
| 21 | How much business have you done with them over the last year ? |
| 22 | He was enthusiastic about the paper being located in Manchester , whereas Pilger had clashed with them over the move . |
| 23 | I always involve the local councillors because at the moment we have a running battle with them over the er repairs , because most of us live in council property in my particular Guild , and so we get involved and s you know what you 're going to do about these you know . |
| 24 | The Templars were crushed but some of them remained as a secret coven and I have crossed swords with them over the years . |
| 25 | It is a wise precaution to meet new clients , rather than to deal with them over the telephone or by correspondence . |
| 26 | Usually we ring them up , have a short conversation with them over the phone and then take it from there . ’ |
| 27 | But on the other hand I 'm pleased the reasons they 've given for the delay are the points we 've been raising with them over the last two years . |
| 28 | ‘ We 've done a lot of work with them over the past three weeks . |
| 29 | somebody 's going to have to spend a bit of time with them over the week about the presume I 'm gon na have the time |
| 30 | I wondered if you might have seen either of them or heard from them over the past few days . ’ |