Example sentences of "over a piece of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage the nationalist rhetoric and the nation statehood confers is that it is always legitimate , liquidating the nationals of other nation states , particularly in contention over a piece of territory . |
| 2 | You gained a victory over a piece of scum , and I congratulate you . ’ |
| 3 | Close by , a couple of humans were bent over a piece of machinery on a tripod . |
| 4 | Instead of staying with me as he 'd planned , he rents this ancient pile , miles from anywhere , just so he can keep an eye on this stupid female who seems to have got herself into all sorts of trouble over a piece of land — ’ |
| 5 | It happened in the garden , over a piece of ground that later became a vegetable patch when my father went on his health-food binge . |