Example sentences of "[vb pp] in a [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were left bleeding and bruised in a row over a stolen bamboo shoot at a council estate in Camberwell , South London . |
| 2 | It appears that " the Free Church in the year 1855 and since that time have worshipped in a loft over a stable — the supply of ordinances has been irregular but the attachment of the adherents of the Free Church has been steadfast . " |
| 3 | He was , perhaps , less than worthy of his literary immortality : in 1800 the vicar of Over Stowey , having been cheated in a deal over some turf , called him ‘ as rascally faced fellow as ever I met with ’ . |
| 4 | Three light bulbs with white glass shades coated with grease on their upper sides hung in a line over the table where Mrs Files sat , a chopping block in front of her . |
| 5 | At Nottingham we have developed a technique for measuring reflux of radiolabelled food into the oesophagus in ambulant subjects using a highly collimated cadmium telluride gamma detector , which is worn in a harness over the oesophagus . |
| 6 | FEUDING ex-lovers Mia Farrow and Woody Allen are now locked in a battle over money . |
| 7 | The Soviet Union entered 1991 without a budget , and with the USSR and Russian Federation governments locked in a dispute over the latter 's budget contributions . |
| 8 | Two schools for children with special needs are locked in an argument over whether or not they should merge . |
| 9 | Malcolm Archer was punched and kicked in a dispute over the sale of the stall he had bought . |
| 10 | Both countries have long been embroiled in a row over the Hungarian minority in northern and western Romania . |
| 11 | THE NARROW stretch of sea dividing the island of Skye from the Scottish mainland is embroiled in a debate over private investment in road building . |
| 12 | In the week before the race , she became embroiled in a controversy over the skill of her opponent , the American Leigh Weiss , who had also steered international women 's crews but who was deemed not to know enough of the Boat Race course on London 's tideway . |
| 13 | He is embroiled in a controversy over his opposition to the ordination of woman priests in the church he has served for more than 40 years , the last 23 as bishop . |
| 14 | The clothes were boiled in a copper over a wood fire , rubbed up and down on a wash board , then squeezed through a hand-turned mangle . |
| 15 | Glasgow 's Health chief has been sacked in a row over a newspaper article . |
| 16 | Glasgow 's Health chief has been sacked in a row over a newspaper article . |
| 17 | Raiders ' computer haul tops £15,000 COMPUTER equipment worth more than £15,000 was stolen in a break-in over the Bank Holiday weekend at offices in Middlesbrough . |
| 18 | Hawaii has erupted in a dispute over geothermal energy . |
| 19 | Staff at Levendale Under Fives Group , Yarm , became entangled in a row over a separate water supply to their new building which would have meant finding extra cash over and above the £25,000 raised by parents for the new building . |
| 20 | In 303 a Christian named Copres from the Nile valley , engaged in a lawsuit over property , went to Alexandria to present his case and was disconcerted to discover that he would be required to participate in some act of idolatry , such as a sacrifice or an oath by the emperor 's genius , as a condition of litigation . |
| 21 | Having become engaged in a dispute over a point of law with the then kadi of Damascus , Molla Muhammad b . |
| 22 | AIthough the three theories are engaged in a debate over the role of services in the economy and whether or not this represents the arrival of post-industrialism , they are discerning in their use of evidence and the points on which they engage one another . |
| 23 | Scholars in this field had for some time been engaged in a debate over the importance of acquired and inherited personality traits in behaviour . |
| 24 | His eldest brother and his wife had been killed in an earthquake over the mountains there on the other side of the Peloponnesus . |
| 25 | In principle , then , these three aggregates simply represent different ways of measuring the flow of output or income being created in an economy over a period of time . |