Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had borrowed one of Norris 's big paramilitary-style fawn shirts to wear as a jacket over my anti Poll Tax T-shirt . |
| 2 | At many cultural levels the old Petersburg continued to prevail for a while over Moscow in many informal , non-governmental ways , as will be noted in a later chapter . |
| 3 | MORE than 1,500 ferry passengers were stranded last Friday night when eight officers refused to sail after a dispute over water rations . |
| 4 | Environmental Minister , Nicholas Ridley , has forced Councillors to put off a decision over the building of a controversial holiday village in his own constituency . |
| 5 | I conceded that it might have been wiser , and indeed more seemly , to have consulted her before a decision was reached ; but I did not add that I had advised the Prime Minister to agree to a meeting over her head because I was convinced that she would never accept a challenge to her authority . |
| 6 | Coun Bill Dixon ( Lab ) spoke out after Mr Fallon failed to respond to a challenge over a unique mortgage rescue package . |
| 7 | I noted the Handbook clearly stated that you were not to expect the police to break into a sweat over your losses . |
| 8 | But if there is n't one then nothing makes any difference , does it , and if there is I 'm sure it 'll all be far too spiritual for anyone to get in a huff over the way the rest of us carry on . ’ |