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 . |