Example sentences of "kind of [noun] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 During the autumn and winter keep the compost from drying out completely , which means providing some kind of protection over the plant .
2 Even the French language seems to exercise a kind of ownership over the terminology of experiment .
3 Anthony , predictably enough Julia thought , decided that his patients needed him too much for him to take any kind of holiday over the Easter weekend , but he made no objection to David 's formal request to take Julia away to stay with his mother .
4 Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation .
5 Virginia found herself desperately hoping Guy would be back at Armscott Manor , because suddenly she was possessed with a burning need to talk to him , build some kind of bridge over the chasm she 'd caused with her accusation over Farthingdales .
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