Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] over a " in BNC.
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1 | But his stable revealed that the 10-year-old could be diverted to the Hackett Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow over a distance just over half a mile shorter than the Mackeson . |
2 | A The use of sand directly over a sub gravel filter is not recommended . |
3 | Try reducing your use of salt slowly over a period of weeks and use flavouring substitutes like herbs , spices and lemon juice . |
4 | Iran had boycotted the pilgrimage for the third consecutive year in protest both over a quota system limiting the number of pilgrims ( to an estimated 1,500,000 ) and over the Saudi ban on political protests during the pilgrimage . |
5 | The action smacked too much of the grandiose , if futile , gesture of the French nobility at Crécy just over a century earlier . |
6 | Students and staff at the Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education , many of them fellow members of the college rugby team , wept during a performance of Elton John 's Yellow Brick Road , the favourite tune of student , Murray Pugh , stabbed to death in Cheltenham just over a month ago . |