Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an American I can only hang my head in shame over the Bill Clinton sex scandal . |
| 2 | ALL day long the midnight sky built its bastions of cloud over Fenwick and the south . |
| 3 | Tired out , she caught her breath in Windsor over Christmas . |
| 4 | If you encounter problems , you may want to kneel down alongside the dog , keeping your hand in place over the hindquarters and the leash in an upright position . |
| 5 | Ray Plummer , Cornwall 's treasurer , had expressed fears that ticket sales would be lower than last year , when about 40,000 Cornishmen swelled the attendance to 56,000 , cheering their side to victory over Yorkshire . |
| 6 | When my right hon. Friend sees the new Irish Prime Minister soon will he tell him that the biggest contribution the Irish Republic can make to peace , stability and reconciliation in Northern Ireland is to renounce its claim to sovereignty over Northern Ireland , as that claim encourages Irish Republican terrorism and gives it legitimacy , as well as being the strongest stumbling block in the way of all-party talks aimed at constitutional progress ? |
| 7 | The assumption underlying Bismarck 's diplomacy in the 1880s , that given her conflict with Austria-Hungary over the Balkans Russia would have to accept German terms to avoid diplomatic isolation , proved unfounded . |
| 8 | The Gunners bounced back from two successive defeats to restore their pride with victory over old rivals Liverpool in the live BSkyB clash . |
| 9 | Oh Spilled my cup of tea over the tablecloth . |
| 10 | Azerbaijani attempts to open a new front in the east through attacks on the Askeran region of the enclave from Agdam could not prevent their loss of control over Lachin on May 17 . |
| 11 | Italian firm Same-Lamborghini has done its bit for variety over the years , with a series of innovations that suggest that its research and development department gets a bigger budget than many other companies ' equivalents . |
| 12 | Gresham 's School , Holt have made their contribution of players over the years and they are the current holders of the Henry Griserson trophy for the side which most impressed the XL Club by its performance on and off the field in 1991 . |
| 13 | Coutts had considered Virgin 's request to exceed their overdraft by £200,000 over the next seven days . |
| 14 | When I lock along my collection of phrenology books , including titles such as The Brain and How to Read It , and run my fingers with affection over the porcelain phrenological head that stands on my filing cabinet , I often wonder what future generations will make of today 's psychologists . |
| 15 | So , to calm her down , I threw my glass of wine over her . ’ |
| 16 | The diehard Smiths fans who 've been turning their backs on Morrissey over the last couple of years would be wise to give this a spin and do jerky , twisty , dancing type things in their front room . ’ |
| 17 | The session was largely spent in helping her further to express her feelings of distress over the separation . |
| 18 | The elections had been called 15 months early after a group of five Green legislators — who had kept the minority government of Michael Field in office since June 1989 [ see p. 37877 ] — withdrew its support after disagreements over the issue of logging [ for May 1989 elections see p. 36658 ] . |
| 19 | Five ministers retained their posts , including Deputy Prime Ministers Becir Zuta and Jovan Andonov , Interior Minister Ljubomir Frckoski , and Foreign Minister Denko Malevski , who had offered his resignation in June over the issue of international recognition of Macedonia . |
| 20 | Equally , it is not unknown for a partner gradually to lose interest in mundane administrative matters : often enough the problems that this can cause are exacerbated by his co-partners allowing him to escape his share of responsibility over a long period . |
| 21 | Erm so you would have done er yeah then you 've got You 've got your speed of distance over time correctly . |
| 22 | The UN Security Council was planning to vote last night to adopt a resolution enforcing its ban on flights over Bosnia . |
| 23 | Both leaders agreed to submit their dispute over sovereignty over the 1,000-km Aouzou territorial strip , seized by Libya in 1973 , to the adjudication of the International Court of Justice at The Hague , as stipulated in the " Algiers Accord " signed by both sides in August 1989 [ see p. 36841 ] . |
| 24 | Serbia must also drop its claim of jurisdiction over Croatian airspace and rescind legislation tabled in violation of the peace plan , such as the Serbian parliament 's attempt to extend its rule over Krajina and other parts of occupied Croatia . |
| 25 | Edward agreed to renounce his claim to the French crown , while John was to abandon his demand for sovereignty over the lands ceded to the English . |
| 26 | He was able to extend his sphere of influence over a large area of south-eastern Britain . |
| 27 | At the same time were born new heroes and demigods ; the Hollywood dream factory , which had already indelibly stamped the character of both North America and Great Britain by the 1940s , began to spin its web of enticement over the whole of popular culture . |
| 28 | Although Denmark and the UK won temporary exemption from lifting internal border controls , Spain refused to sign at the last minute on the grounds that the agreement might prejudice its claims to sovereignty over Gibraltar . ] |
| 29 | Iran on Sept. 10 repeated its claim of sovereignty over the Gulf islands of Abu Musa , Tunb al-Kubra and Tunb al-Sughra , and rejected a Sept. 9 statement by the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) supporting the UAE 's sovereignty [ see below ] . |
| 30 | This relates directly to their ancestry ; these short-legged hounds were bred to pursue their quarry by scent over considerable distances . |