Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In fact when I keep my Topper at home over the winter , they just lift the whole thing up into the roof of the garage , keeps it right out of the way . |
| 3 | As an American I can only hang my head in shame over the Bill Clinton sex scandal . |
| 4 | Oh Spilled my cup of tea over the tablecloth . |
| 5 | 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 ] . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The latest Confederation of British Industry survey of manufacturing companies shows that more than six times as many companies expect to maintain or increase their investment in training over the next year than expect to reduce it . |
| 9 | Although its size is not yet known , suggestions have been made that it was larger than a normal auxiliary fort and may have accommodated either a vexillation , possibly of Legio IX , whose tile-works may have been situated some 8 km ( 5 miles ) south of Carlisle at Scalesceugh , ( though the stamped tiles from there may belong to a slightly later period ) , or the Ala Petriana before its transfer to Stanwix over the river . |
| 10 | I would like to thank the following for their help at WASL over the last few months : . |
| 11 | When in 1862 the general synod of the SEC removed the Scottish communion office from its primacy of authority over the English Book of Common Prayer he took the Episcopal bishops to court , appealing as far as the House of Lords ; he defended his case himself but lost the action in 1867 . |
| 12 | Cenco settled with its investors for $11m over the affair , and then issued a writ against its auditor , Seidman & Seidman . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The session was largely spent in helping her further to express her feelings of distress over the separation . |
| 15 | The Kings Head has welcomed its share of celebrities over the year , including Turner , whilst working on his painting of Easby Abbey , Franz Liszt , who arrive late to play in the ballroom , and , more recently , Val Doonican . |
| 16 | This similarity suggests a relationship between a person 's position in the organizational structure and their scope of influence over the design . |
| 17 | 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 ] . |
| 18 | The increased availability , from the North Sea and also from the Middle East and Africa , will almost certainly mean a considerable increase in its use throughout Europe over the next decade . |
| 19 | When Argentina recognises the right to self-determination and freedom of association of the Falklands people , and gives up her claim to sovereignty over the territory , we might be more amenable to trade and contact . |
| 20 | Digital has run down sections of its operation in Ireland over the last few years , including the closure of a plant a Clonmel with the loss of 350 jobs . |
| 21 | There were , however , important differences : there was always a king , or claimant king , of Macedon ; but there was not always a tagos of Thessaly ( their word for ruler over the four great districts or tetrarchies of Thessaly . ) . |
| 22 | Coutts had considered Virgin 's request to exceed their overdraft by £200,000 over the next seven days . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The judge who jailed both father and son for their outburst in court over the sentencing of the man who killed a member of their family showed no compassion . |
| 25 | One of the most useful studies of the role of life events and difficulties in depression has been conducted by George Brown and Tirril Harris and their colleagues in London over the last fifteen years . |
| 26 | It says that based on the cost reduction it has achieved in transferring 75% of assembly and test to Bangkok , Thailand , it would transfer the rest of its production to Bangkok over the next six months , enabling further cost reductions and facility consolidations at its San Jose site . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | 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 ] . |
| 29 | It was the base for his ‘ Highgrove set ’ , the gang of pals which included Camilla Parker Bowles whose friendship with Charles over the years made Diana so jealous . |
| 30 | He showed no desire to get up and greet me but I was merciless and dragged him inch by inch over the cobbles till he was lying at my feet . |