Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Probably because Rome had no alternative if she hoped to establish her dominion over Ireland at all .
2 Both Robert Jones and Dewi Morris will be in action on the final Saturday of the Five Nations but Jones — probably only Ireland 's Simon Geoghegan has lost more ground than him in the course of the season — would need just about the game of his life to regain his lead over Morris as the other scrum-half to Gary Armstrong .
3 Sean Robinson , Middlesex 's full-back , scored two tries in the final five minutes to give them victory over Hertfordshire by one point , 22-21 , in the Toshiba County Championship at Croxley Green to go into the London play-off .
4 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 ] .
5 Why did he always choose to lose his temper over issues in which he was in the wrong ?
6 Another official said Mr Kohl had earlier accepted the British government 's decision to take its time over ratification in a lengthy parliamentary process that will probably extend into the second half of this year .
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