Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun] over his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry VIII , in the 1530s , had begun to encourage Renaissance work by importing Italian craftsmen , but his break with the Pope over his religious and marital problems postponed the arrival of the Renaissance in England for nearly a century . |
| 2 | He had apparently lost his fortune through business failures and was claiming legal aid in an action over his 1990 divorce from his second wife Sarah . |
| 3 | THE BBC 'S influential general advisory council will today urge Marmaduke Hussey to resign as chairman of the corporation over his role in the appointment of John Birt as director-general . |
| 4 | Proposals to alter Zimbabwe 's Constitution , following the ending in April 1990 of the 10-year moratorium on constitutional changes , precipitated disagreements within the leadership of the ruling ZANU party , with President Robert Mugabe reportedly opposed by the majority of the politburo over his proposals to introduce a one-party state structure . |
| 5 | However , the West 's cool attitude towards the King over his pro-Iraqi stance was partly offset by Jordan 's willingness to take in vast numbers of refugees from Iraq and Kuwait during August . |
| 6 | He shoved a bin liner of the stuff over his head , it stuck to his hair and he collapsed . |
| 7 | He shoved a bin liner of the stuff over his head , it stuck to his hair and he collapsed . |
| 8 | I looked through the telescope and saw a small boy with a bag over his shoulder . |
| 9 | Refusing to shut her eyes in case she succumbed again , Sarella fixed her gaze on a point over his shoulder on the scarlet wall opposite . |
| 10 | The likelihood of influence by a husband over his wife and reliance of a wife on her husband to make business decisions justified the ‘ tenderness ’ extended by equity toward married women who acted as sureties for their husbands . |
| 11 | The likelihood of influence by a husband over his wife and of reliance by a wife on her husband to make the business decisions for the family was the justification in the first place for the tenderness of equity towards married women who gave their property as security for their husband 's debts . |
| 12 | In 1533 , the Bishop became involved with the Holy Maid of Kent , with her visions and threats against King Henry VIII , and also along with his friend Sir Thomas More with the Bishops ' stand against the King over his divorce and subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn , which brought him into trouble with the King . |
| 13 | Whether throwing punches and poses , splashing sweat across the stage or conducting the band with a towel over his head , there 's a real dynamism about his performance , an intensity which the band match blast for blast . |
| 14 | She has a career in legal reform related to children 's defence and legal aid , ‘ stood by ’ her husband in the controversy over his personal behaviour , and has been suggested by him as a possible member of his cabinet . |
| 15 | I knew initially I did n't want a man in a silver suit with a mask over his head — the sort of thing you see in fairgrounds . |
| 16 | He denied any conflict with the IMF over his policy . |
| 17 | What Smith 's conflation effectively conceals is the authority of the capitalist over his employees , who are ‘ merely the members of a total mechanism which belongs to him ’ ( p. 477 ) . |
| 18 | I 've got you taped TOMMY SMITH scoffs at the tough-guy claims of Vinny Jones ( left ) , the Wimbledon ace who is in trouble with the FA over his video outburst . |
| 19 | In South Africa , President De Klerk has predicted victory in the referendum over his plans to scrap apartheid . |
| 20 | Blind MP David Blunkett was involved in a row with a cabbie over his guide dog . |
| 21 | Jim stayed at the door with the clothes over his forearm , listening and waiting . |
| 22 | Fanshawe swept one hand after the other over his baldness and narrowed his eyes . |
| 23 | Then he slung the strap of the bag over his shoulder . |
| 24 | The steward was not left to mourn that his bottles found no custom : there was treating and return treating , and one humble Highlander who could sing Gaelic songs was made the sink into which was poured the spirits bought by sundry odd pence ; and , to the satisfaction of those who deem it a noble accomplishment the filling a man drunk , this Celt was brought into that pitiable condition , and manifested the power of the spirits over his brain in rather a curious way , — he was for kissing all round . |
| 25 | The image Mr Lawson presented holed up in his home behind a securely locked gate was unfortunate , in view of the speculation over his political future . |
| 26 | Pretending to be an Arab , Phillips stood in the middle of the track with a blanket over his head . |
| 27 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 28 | He knew he was to face an onslaught from the Opposition over his handling of the economy . |
| 29 | FRANCE 'S new Socialist Prime Minister , M Pierre Beregovoy , came under fire at the weekend over his appointment of M Bernard Tapie , a business tycoon and football club owner , as Minister for Cities . |