Example sentences of "[noun sg] over his [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to members of the reforming faction , some officers have attempted to use Sir Peter Imbert 's apparent discomfiture over his role in the Guildford Four case to discredit the Plus Programme , with which he is closely identified . |
| 2 | He knew he was to face an onslaught from the Opposition over his handling of the economy . |
| 3 | ‘ I will explain it to you presently , ’ said the Reverend gentleman , with a harassed glance over his shoulder to where Theda stood glaring at her second visitor . |
| 4 | But Marc turned and , to Sarella 's embarrassment , instead of moving away , placed one hand possessively on the wall beside her head and leaned there , with a smiling glance over his shoulder at his younger brother . |
| 5 | Steve Cauthen 's battle with the Jockey Club over his use of the whip begins in London tomorrow . |
| 6 | We use this way in to stop people stealing what gear we have.Andy has been scratching around for a regular roof over his head for a year , ever since he lost his job and his home burned down in a fire . |
| 7 | He can flick a football over his head with perfect control , pick up a guitar and find a tune . |
| 8 | Earlier this year , Dharam , his son and heir , committed suicide after incurring family displeasure over his choice of bride . |
| 9 | Anderson captained Ireland on their short tour of France , led them to an unexpected victory over a French XV and keeps the job now but age and waning powers put a question-mark over his selection for the team at all . |
| 10 | We wasted days and days dancing in the Pink Pussy Club , yawning at Fat Mattress at the Croydon Greyhound , ogling strippers on Sunday mornings in a pub , sleeping through Godard and Antonioni films , and enjoying the fighting at Millwall Football Ground , where I forced Changez to wear a bobble-hat over his face in case the lads saw he was a Paki and imagined I was one too . |
| 11 | Wainfleet could not resist gloating to Rain over his story of a romance between Hunter-Blair and Maureen . |
| 12 | Hoogeveen was a nondescript , cheerless place , and so was his room , with only a dirty skylight over his head for a window . |
| 13 | Refusing to shut her eyes in case she succumbed again , Sarella fixed her gaze on a point over his shoulder on the scarlet wall opposite . |
| 14 | All these pictures were accompanied by Mr. Wakeford 's natural wit , which combined with his obvious joy over his discovery of wild flowers . |
| 15 | It has meant that proposed talks with Forest over his return to the club have been put on hold , and the transfer is not expected to be completed until the weekend . |
| 16 | In 1987 he became Finance Minister in Takeshita 's first government , but his political career was curtailed in December 1988 when he was forced to resign after accusations of misleading the Diet over his involvement in the Recruit Cosmos scandal [ see p. 36379 ] . |
| 17 | Miyazawa had been forced to resign as Finance Minister in December 1988 [ see p. 38558 ] after appearing to mislead the Diet over his involvement in a scandal which had involved numerous senior Japanese figures receiving cheap unlisted shares in Recruit-Cosmos , a real-estate company . |
| 18 | The threat had hung like a sword over his head for years and he wanted to confront it once and for all . |
| 19 | In his laboratory ( evoked with a delightful jumble of esoteric clutter in Anthony Ward 's design ) , Sir Nicholas Gimcrack gives madmen transfusions of sheep 's blood , rejoices like a wine connoisseur over his collection of bottled air and , most ludicrously of all , learns to swim by imitating a frog in a jam-jar suspended in front of his nose . |
| 20 | Danny Quinn was substituted against Dublin after twenty minutes and there must be a question mark over his participation in the final with Fergal McCusker and Karl Diamond both pressing for places . |
| 21 | That raises a question mark over his availability for England 's opening international of the season against Spain on September 9 . |
| 22 | Alexander 's mind shifted from conflict over his intentions to certainty that The Yellow Chair was what he was writing . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's it , ’ said Bodie with a smile over his shoulder at her . |
| 24 | Chatichai 's Jan. 9 announcement ended days of speculation over his intentions with regard to his Cabinet . |
| 25 | The Sunderland manager has lived with speculation over his job since signing a one-year contract at the end of last season . |
| 26 | The highwayman had a mask over his face during the robbery and kept it up when he rode away — and a horse is a horse . |
| 27 | Anyway , afterwards they chatted over tea in the BBC canteen , and then he escorted her towards Shepherd Bush tube station , just turning his head over his shoulder towards me . |
| 28 | A Special Forces man made the sign over his chest with a gun-free hand . |
| 29 | Brady does not absolve himself from criticism over his part in that state of affairs . |
| 30 | Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Carlos Torres y Torres Lara had resigned on Oct. 31 after criticism over his handling of the border dispute with Ecuador [ see p. 38526 ] . |