Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun sg] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Team owner Frank Williams — the man who ultimately gave newly-crowned Mansell his chance of glory — was last night keeping a veil of secrecy over the identity of Mansell 's replacement . |
| 2 | BRITISH Petroleum and Jet cut the price of petrol by up to 13.5p a gallon — 3p a litre — yesterday , ending a run of increases over recent months . |
| 3 | A punch would be delivered and Ricky , thinking this had ended the row would take himself off to bed only to find the next minute that Minton was emptying a bottle of water over him . |
| 4 | ( 1986b ) for the link between childhood lack of care , premarital pregnancy and adult risk of depression , for instance , was that the early adversities militated against the child developing a sense of control over her life , and exercising it . |
| 5 | Celebrating a triumph of heart over mind |
| 6 | So you 're really sounding a note of warning over translating or transferring one set of norms from one culture to another without being really rather cautious about it . |
| 7 | Early in the year , SCS could report a record quarter for increases in sales , capital and membership , reflecting a picture of growth over the year that did not dispel fears of the adverse influence of political involvement on trade . |
| 8 | It was only when Fawn Hall testified , flicking back her hair in a fetching manner , that Inouye joined in the spirit of the proceedings , holding a piece of paper over his eyes to see her better in the glare of the television lights . |
| 9 | The trainer 's task is to explore more deeply , by facilitating an exchange of views over what else might happen and what passes through the minds of the adviser and client as a result of particular approaches . |
| 10 | So you see they were having a difference of opinion over that and he 's saying you should n't , you should 've left it all to me and she says I 've done it for last fifty year and , you know , all this . |
| 11 | A tangle of twisted metal is all that remains of the giant oil tank that fuelled the power station at the edge of the Bulmers factory site.It 's believed the man who died was welding a measuring gauge on top of the tank when it exploded , scattering debris over a wide area.The man died before he reached hospital.After the first explosion , there were further blasts creating a pall of smoke over Hereford.Bulmers Director Terry Watts was in an office nearby : |
| 12 | It can be seen that there is a wide range of statutory and semi-public bodies exercising a variety of controls over development in particular areas of the countryside . |
| 13 | Scott J concluded that if D 's enjoyment of Greenland was interrupted by B exercising a right of way over Greenland , D could enforce the covenant for quiet enjoyment against L1 , even though there was neither privity of contract nor privity of estate between D and L1 . |
| 14 | The sun was just catching the summit of the opposite hillside , making a corona of light over the towering cypresses . |
| 15 | So I phoned again , and they said , ‘ Try putting a blob of Vaseline over it . ’ |
| 16 | Theda had been obliged to retire from the room after receiving a deluge of dust over her person when attacking the top of a wide dresser . |
| 17 | The highly publicised court case brought unwelcome notoriety to Bremner , casting a shadow of doubt over his career and causing untold misery to his family . |
| 18 | One can think of laying a graph of words over a graph of lower-level units such as phonemes . |
| 19 | Obviously throwing a bucket of water over them is n't going to do a lot of good , so if there is a likelihood of it happening , you 'll need to be prepared . |
| 20 | The Australian sensational Press excelled itself with stories of dissension in the MCC camp , with one preposterous story of Maurice Tate throwing a glass of beer over Jardine , a complete fabrication . |
| 21 | Julia came round just as he was erecting a kind of tent over her bed . |
| 22 | On Feb. 1 it signed an exploration agreement with three US companies — Atlantic Richfield ( Arco Congo ) , Apache Oil ( Congo ) and Citizens Energy Corporation — following a year of negotiations over production rights at the Marine 8 field . |
| 23 | POLICE have urged owners of mountain cycles to have their property post-coded following a spate of thefts over the last week . |