Example sentences of "[art] lot [prep] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh what a lot of noise over nothing , were n't it ? |
| 2 | There 's been a lot of concern over the past few months of the rate of increase in unemployment within the Harrogate District and how as a percentage unemployment has increased in the Harrogate District rather than other districts . |
| 3 | The National Consumer Credit Federation , representing check traders , told us that the agent going from door to door , usually with long experience of working for the firm , had quite a lot of discretion over whether or not to lend , though with small firms the bosses like to keep in touch themselves , often going on collection rounds so as to see customers , and certainly weighing up doubtful cases themselves . |
| 4 | It 's given miners a lot of service over the years and eased a lot of the er distress of the at work . |
| 5 | Having cost the University of Bristol a lot of money over the previous months , I thought I ought to try to put something back , so I got myself sponsored : part of the money was to go to the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council , and half to the newly-formed Bristol University Arthritis Research Group . |
| 6 | All of those extra sums , if you total them up , we 're talking about quite a lot of money over the budget and that 's why I 'm getting concerned because there seems to be some between what the budget said we were going to do and what a chairman here and a chairman there has agreed , and I I 'd like to get it back onto position . |
| 7 | But it also brought a smile to manager Brian Horton , and I was thrilled to bits for him because he 's taken a lot of stick over recent results . |
| 8 | so providing they just play it steadily they should be alright , there 's a lot of discrimination over the Australian defeat in the paper , they reckon that if erm |
| 9 | I du n no mate , someone Nick 's house cos I wanted to put a lot of stuff over my shed cos that garage is getting a bit congested |
| 10 | And I like to keep it that way still if I can , because you can make yourself a lot of work over some small incident sometimes . |
| 11 | from Gladstone and Gannon , and er he gave an awful lot of people at the S U and at Alcuin J C R a lot of grief over the provost , who then wrote them a letter saying I , Jim am the fault of all this and just generally made the students look even dafter for |
| 12 | I have had a lot of pleasure over the years keeping and breeding tropical fish , and cichlids in particular . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've been to a lot of trouble over this , Paul , thank you . |
| 14 | but then her anger seemed to have woken her and she continued , ‘ I know you went to a lot of trouble over the meal , but my brother 's sexual proclivities are n't any of your business , or mine either . ’ |
| 15 | She appeared to have gone to quite a lot of trouble over the meal , Although , at that time , rationing was still in force , she produced pâté , a savoury mince , a surprisingly light lemon soufflé and a passable bottle of claret . |
| 16 | She 'd got into a lot of trouble over many little things , for instance , her clothes in the changing room were being thrown down in a pool of water , and was soaking wet , she had to take them to matron to be dried , matron was cross . |
| 17 | There 's really been a lot of trouble over it ! |
| 18 | The school 's curriculum manager and acting vice-principal , Phil Dean , said there was a lot of uncertainty over the new number seven overlapping the old C and D grades . |
| 19 | Given a little thought as to siting the Pentstemons will provide a lot of interest over a long period and should prevent the need for annual replanting , which can be expensive and labour intensive . |
| 20 | ‘ In fact it 's quite a good position to be in , ’ she says , ‘ in that you do have a lot of control over your future . |
| 21 | The river was n't visible , but there had been a lot of rain over that week and one corner of the field had flooded , leaving a shallow temporary loch reflecting the tarnished dark silver of the clouds ; its waters were still and flat . |
| 22 | This was emphasised by those heads of department who had taken a lot of time over their self-appraisal and who claimed that as a consequence other things had had to suffer . |
| 23 | Television stardom ( Man About The House is soon to be released on video ) ; holidays in America ( her husband is American and they spend a lot of time over there ) ; work in Los Angeles ( last year she appeared in Alan Aykbourn 's Henceforward . |
| 24 | mind , she took a lot of time over it |
| 25 | There is a lot of controversy over which SPF ( sun protection factor ) creams are best for particular countries . |
| 26 | Councillor said , is extremely important to the people of and we 've learnt a lot in politics over the last ten years . |