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

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1 If the judge thought that the remark was wrong or even unprofessional he should have asked the jury to leave court and dealt with the matter by perhaps a reprimand or a verbal rap over the knuckles , followed by sensible discussion as to what should be done .
2 The pressures of the health market which the Government have created mean that balanced books and a worried look over the shoulder at the competition are the immediate concerns of NHS managers and accountants .
3 The vendor wore campaign medal ribbons and a black patch over one eye , and there was a card pinned to the tray which said , ‘ Wounded on the Somme ’ .
4 His first world title came the following year when his Alfa enabled him to register three more wins and a six-point win over Ascari in the championship .
5 As Olazabal stood watching in virtual disbelief , South Africa 's David Frost made his seven-footer for the birdie and a one-shot victory over the Spanish star for the $1 million first prize , Frost 's second straight triumph in the event .
6 He would never in life agree willingly-or let the king agree — to any settlement but a total victory over the Welsh , and the hanging of all their leaders into the bargain . ’
7 However , it looked as though the talents of Prost were to be rewarded in 1983 when he went into the final race of the season at Kyalami with four wins to his credit and a two-point lead over Nelson Piquet .
8 Yet the bowler could have had him three times , two sixes just clearing the fielder and a top edge over the wicket-keeper falling harmlessly .
9 FORMER deputy Tory party chairman Lord Aldington yesterday accepted £30,000 agreed High Court damages and a public apology over war crimes allegations from the publishers of historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy 's book , The Minister and the Massacres .
10 The former Tory party deputy chairman , Lord Aldington , has accepted £30,000 agreed damages and a public apology over war crimes allegations from the publishers of the historian Nikolai Tolstoy 's book , The Minister and the Massacres .
11 The time is ripe for a show-down or a major confrontation over money matters .
12 Only the very perceptive and those with clear information and a wide perspective over events could fully grasp the interrelationship of these developments .
13 Loxford church was medieval , with a square tower and a Norman tympanum over the south door of the Harrowing of Hell .
14 In old days they put mountain ash berries and a cast horseshoe over the lintel to frighten away the Fairy Folk .
15 You had to wear long , elasticated shorts and a long skirt over them .
16 The amount of the effect can be estimated in shale sections and a corrective function over the total affected interval can be applied ( Fig. 6 ) .
17 A dimly lit gully beckons to a short easy solo and a luminous dawn over a deserted plateau : the light of Aviemore far away .
18 And my mate Lizzy showed up with a migraine and a helluva problem over her son 's school .
19 Now , now it would 've been easier for you , the , the part that you missed out which would have brought all that in to play would have been how much do you want to pay , do you wan na pay a , a small amount over a long time or a big amount over a short time and then that would 've brought that into play .
20 ‘ He was a bachelor , with his own independent identity and a certain control over his life … and loves . ’
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