Example sentences of "[noun] with his [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he would be considering his future with his family over the weekend and would possibly be returning to business — his last position was as chief executive of Ridgway 's Tea . |
| 2 | It is clear that Watson spends a great deal of time wrestling with his conscience over the choice between morals and results . |
| 3 | They explain that the patient is engaged in a legal battle with his brother over some land . |
| 4 | Lazlo Woodbine with his hands over his face . |
| 5 | Ivan deal : Ivan Boesky , the Wall Street dealer convicted of insider trading , agreed to accept nearly £14m and £120,000 a year for life to settle a fight with his ex-wife over her £66m fortune . |
| 6 | Tiny Rowland may have become a bore with his obsession over DTI 's failure to publish the report on the House of Fraser — but on this occasion he is on the side of the Gods . |
| 7 | He felt something like battle-fatigue — a great desire to lie down on the ground with his hands over his ears and take no further part in the war . |
| 8 | He was so big and strong that I always felt hopelessly trapped in that chair with his bulk over me and the wheel grinding and the pedal thumping . |
| 9 | It is a very mixed bag , which is not surprising for a composer so prodigal with his talents over so wide a field . |
| 10 | Stacey found her father , a 47-year old roofing worker , slouched in an armchair with his legs over the arm . |
| 11 | The judge said that the arrangement reached between Bunn and the husband was that the latter ‘ would go home and discuss the matter with his wife over the weekend . ’ |
| 12 | In describing the position in the terms : ‘ the bank told Kennedy to go home and discuss the matter with his wife over the weekend , ’ I am forced to the conclusion that the judge must either have overlooked the evidence to which I have just referred , or to have failed to appreciate its significance . |
| 13 | The referee made a sweeping gesture with his arm over the prostrate figure of the white fighter . |
| 14 | In mid-1990 Alain Carignon , the RPR mayor of Grenoble who was at odds with his party over policy , was suspended from the party and , according to Le Monde of Sept. 7 , was intending to form his own Forum républicain ( Republican Forum ) to campaign on the centre ground . |
| 15 | Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House . |
| 16 | Twice he was called to the telephone just before the curtain went up and he had long intense conversations with his hand over the mouthpiece . |
| 17 | Gregory linked Clovis 's conversion with his victory over the Alamans . |
| 18 | Livingston can also appeal against that Olympic ban and he will be discussing that option with his advisers over the next 21 days . |
| 19 | Details of the state of his toilet had been supplied by the cleaners and ‘ a Harley Street analyst ’ concluded that the Australian media mogul had never overcome struggles with his mother over toilet training . |