Example sentences of "[vb past] over a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Channel 2 , the unctuous host of the Gerry Springer chat show had apparently taken a serious oil overdose as he presided over a freak show of truly terrible cases of giantism and dwarfism by telling his goggle-eyed studio viewers they were each of them there ‘ so that next time we may understand and empathise when we meet a woman 7ft 10ins tall . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Portillo , at 38 the youngest Cabinet member since Dr David Owen , who was also 38 when he was made Foreign Secretary in 1977 , replaces Mr David Mellor , the new Heritage Minister , who presided over a significant increase in public spending in the run up to the election . |
| 3 | At Christie 's , Noel Annesley presided over a satisfactory auction with his customary skill , a failing voice enhancing , rather than diminishing , his dry humour which maintained the momentum of the sale . |
| 4 | She has challenged certain long-established political assumptions : that a government could not be re-elected if it presided over a massive increase in unemployment ; or that a government had to govern with the consent and co-operation of the major interests , particularly business and the unions . |
| 5 | The Yang brothers had taken a prominent part in quelling the " turmoil " in mid-1989 and presided over a massive programme of political education within the army . |
| 6 | He talked about St. Paulinus and St. Aidan and visited Whitby where — all those years ago — St. Hilda presided over a double monastery of men and women . |
| 7 | A piece of magic from Collins settled the issue when he won a tackle and looped over a high pass for Chris Higgs to race clear for the Police 's fourth try . |
| 8 | Slaved over a hot stove for you . |