Example sentences of "[noun] had a [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a re-run of their 1992 inaugural golf match XEU Control/Commercial had a narrow victory over Andersen Consulting to square the series . |
| 2 | Three times winners Corals of Crosby had a 3–1 win over Cherryfield of Kirkby with Ronnie Croston clinching the match in the deciding fourth frame with a break of 38 . |
| 3 | Three times winners Corals of Crosby had a 3–1 win over Cherryfield of Kirkby , with Ronnie Croston clinching the match in the deciding fourth frame with a break of 38 , while Gary Smith of Civic had the best session break with a 39 . |
| 4 | The girl had a black balaclava over her head , and her hands were handcuffed in front of her . |
| 5 | Gary 's four were outbowled by the Provincial four skipped by Eamon McCann ( 26–14 ) , while Noel Graham had a 24–13 win over Gary McCloy ; Andrew Hughes beat Colm McHugh ( 20–15 ) and Keith Taylor won 20–12 . |
| 6 | His house on the hill had a magnificent view over the bay . |
| 7 | As production increased farmers had a growing surplus over their household requirements and sold an increasing proportion of their crop , reaching 60 per cent in 1985 and in 1988 , and accounting for half of the national marketed production . |
| 8 | Les Steel had a convincing win over Dierdre Sanders but Roy Bennett made it more difficult , beating Jim Power by a single imp . |
| 9 | Jaywick E had a 7–3 victory over Windsor Phoenix , Isabel Barton and Tracey Harrison sharing an excellent doubles win in this match . |
| 10 | Hickson and Jacques severed direct contact with each other ; Shearman and Pateman had a major disagreement over a question of loyalty to the WEA , and the two new university resident tutors were not informed of the proposed developments nor invited to comment on the proposals which might affect Essex and Norfolk . |
| 11 | Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton had a handy lead over Jerry Brown in weekend party caucuses in Virginia . |
| 12 | Five years ago , Mrs Thatcher had a commanding lead over Mr Kinnock as the person who ‘ would make the best Prime Minister ’ . |
| 13 | Walker came from behind to beat fellow Englishman Phil Whitlock , and Harris had a comfortable win over Frederik Johnson , of Sweden . |
| 14 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 15 | In the pairs Ronnie Oliver and Ian McClure had a 21-14 win over Emmet Downey and Gary Rutledge in a match which saw the brilliant McClure on the top of his form . |
| 16 | Wally Taylor and Noel Harford had a good win over Eddie and Nancy McNally in the Section A quarter-final of the mixed pairs when advancing 21–17 but Maureen Fearon and Fran Brady , who were fancied in Section B , fell to Harry Pedreschi and Pat Day 14–17 . |
| 17 | But in fact George Brown had a considerable edge over Labour 's later candidate , David Owen , who offended the mandarins of King Charles Street with a quiet deliberation that was wholly lacking in George even in his most sober moments . |
| 18 | Now the pope had a new anxiety over the English crusade , threatened by an Anglo-French dispute in Gascony . |