Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun sg] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet de Gaulle had given the Community a shock and under the ‘ Luxembourg Compromise ’ he retained a power of veto over future important decisions . |
| 2 | Even these plans were subject to delay ; in November 1962 , at a special corporation meeting , Alderman James Hegarty moved a vote of censure over delays which meant that 300 out of 500 houses planned in the autumn of 1960 had been delayed . |
| 3 | However , this extension of the welfare state was double-edged , because as well as offering services it also involved a measure of control over those who were the recipients of those services . |
| 4 | ‘ It only came a couple of inches over the white line , he hit the brakes and it shot one way and then the other , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Yet on the other hand surviving evidence tends to vindicate Richard Padley 's accusation , in the Fabian survey of evacuation , that Whitehall used the decentralised local government system to shirk its responsibilities ; the Ministry of Health and Board of Education , he maintained , doled out ‘ platitudinous ’ advice via circulars and adopted an attitude of complacency over the possibility of medical problems among evacuee children , such as malnutrition , head lice , impetigo , etc . |
| 6 | Vigno had thrown our clothes on to the floor and poured a bottle of aftershave over them before stuffing them back into our lockers to ferment . |
| 7 | Jacqueline Bridger , 46 , poured a can of petrol over her head in the office of Michael Sargeant , the man she claimed had been her lover , the Old Bailey was told . |
| 8 | A replacement will be announced in the next few days , while it has emerged that Donald Carr , who once as England captain poured a bucket of water over a Pakistani umpire , was proposed as referee for the recent Pakistan-Sri Lanka series — and like Graveney , was not surprisingly rejected . |
| 9 | Then they held him down , flat on his back , as another Sturmabteilung poured a bucket of salt over the Englishman . |
| 10 | So one day I poured a cup of coffee over his head . |
| 11 | The horseman threw a couple of sacks over the backs of his horses and sat under the hedge to eat his elevenses . |
| 12 | It related to an incident last August in Manchester Road Swindon when Mr Neilsen threw a bucket of water over a prostitute , Rachel Symonds . |
| 13 | When one of his servants first saw him smoking , he thought Sir Walter was on fire and threw a jug of ale over him . |
| 14 | The sandwiches were quickly followed by the wrath of the Scotland manager , who charged into the bedroom and threw a glass of milk over the startled keeper . |
| 15 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Sept. 8 noted that the Chinese response to US representations over missile sales showed a lack of concern over Sino-US strategic relations . |
| 16 | A tall woman leaned from a balcony and emptied a bucket of water over them . |
| 17 | Graham Bamford , 48 , from Macclesfield , Cheshire , emptied a can of petrol over himself , flicked a lighter and exploded in flames in London 's Parliament Square as MPs in the nearby House of Commons debated the Bosnia crisis on April 29 . |
| 18 | One adverse critic of Dustin 's performance was the young and eccentric English actor Victor Henry , who , on seeing Dustin in a bar after the show , emptied a glass of beer over his head . |
| 19 | It was as if , said Callaghan , they had got bored with the subject , and suddenly ‘ chucked a bucket of whitewash over it . ’ |
| 20 | The charges arose out of deals involving arms and technology purchases by the IAF from US defence contractors and raised a number of questions over Israel 's handling of the annual US military grant worth US$1,800 million . |
| 21 | Charles led an army of Neustrians over the western Pyrenees , while a further force levied from Austrasia , Lombardy and Burgundy , crossed the eastern Pyrenees . |
| 22 | Five Cabinet ministers resigned on July 26-27 when Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti called a vote of confidence over a media bill . |
| 23 | Thinking now of the battles she had fought with her own children , especially her daughter , Margharita , she felt a pang of remorse over the woman she had buried a few hours earlier . |
| 24 | Betty Fowler said he nearly brought a pan of sugar over himself yesterday . |
| 25 | My tranquillity was rudely interrupted as a wave crashed down on the rocks and sent a shower of spray over us as we huddled amongst the rocks on the headland . |
| 26 | The thought sent a wave of depression over her . |
| 27 | She swished her fingertips through her hair and sent a spray of water over me . |
| 28 | This was the highest rating of all the publishers listed in Table 5 and represented a premium of 74% over the average market price/earnings ratio of 17.7x . |
| 29 | One of my best buys was a dovetailer jig costing a little over £100. which represented a saving of £200.00 over the price here . |
| 30 | mind , she took a lot of time over it |