Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] a [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.

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1 The lower court had accepted a submission from eight dissident congressional deputies of the ruling Justicialist ( Peronist ) Party , that the proposed sale would give Austral a virtual monopoly over the domestic market , and granted a 60-day suspension to allow investigations into allegations that the tender violated Argentine company law .
2 TREVOR GORDON sunk two free throws two seconds from time to give England a 75–71 triumph over Russia at Manchester 's G-Mex Centre last night .
3 In Division Three , Mark Brown and Mark McNally scored to give Brookhouse a 2-1 win over High Oaks .
4 It would seem then that if conditions of work were altered in order to give employees a greater control over such factors as the pace at which they work , and the arrangement of their working day around breaks at times which they feel are necessary , then certain improvements may be achieved .
5 Following an enforced climb-down by Palmerston over a scheme by Hall for military bands in the Royal Parks on Sundays , the cordiality between the two men seems to have evaporated , and on 13th October , 1856 , Palmerston sent Hall a blunt admonition over the Government Offices .
6 ‘ Sit down before you go , ’ said Mrs Parker kindly ; she thought McAllister a great improvement over Bailey , so soft-spoken and pleasant .
7 A POWERFUL low drive by Nick Summerbee earned England a 1–0 win over Scotland and eased them into the final of the Under-21 tournament in Toulon last night .
8 Frank Pingel 's second half goal gave Denmark a 1–0 victory over Albania in Tirana , keeping the European champions unbeaten and one point behind the Republic of Ireland in group three .
9 First-half goals by Brian Grant and Paul Kane gave Aberdeen a 2–0 win over Motherwell .
10 AN interception try and a penalty , both in the last five minutes , earned Llanelli a narrow victory over Boroughmuir in a spectacular game in front of a 4,000 crowd at Meggetland last night .
11 Norman Pinder gave Meryl a hesitant smile over the top of his tray .
12 Goals from Joe Robertson and James McGinty yesterday earned Rangers a 2-1 win over Partick Thistle , while Celtic beat Queen 's Park 4-2 in the tournament in which the clubs now field their youth sides .
13 She turned to the bathroom , throwing Roman a quiet goodnight over her shoulder .
14 KEVIN DEARDEN saved a second-half penalty to earn Birmingham a 2–1 victory over Bolton which lifted them back to the top of the Third Division for the first time since November .
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