Example sentences of "over a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes , threatening to turn from amber to gold as the two of them sat there over a casual dinner on her balcony , briefly dared him to develop the theme , just before she dropped them . |
| 2 | The important thing , as John Wain was to put it years later in ‘ The Vanishing Critic ’ , looking back wonderingly over a good quarter-century at his own vanished youth , was ‘ to respond to life with one 's emotional priorities in the right order . ’ |
| 3 | More than 100 jobs have been axed , a For Sale sign has gone up over a large slice of its assets and chief executive Andros Stakis has been ousted . |
| 4 | The Countess d'Agoult , better known perhaps under her nom de plume of Daniel Stern , presided over a republican circle in her fine house on the Champs Elysées , while Juliette Adam , married to a rich banker and later to become the mistress of the republican politician Gambetta , maintained an equally republican salon in her ( less grand ) apartment on the Boulevard Poissonière . |
| 5 | Sir , today you have before you what I believe is the most important village still existing close to York , which has , over a considerable part of its area , extant at this day a medieval character and feel . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The other interesting runner I rode was Auntie Dot , particularly as she has the advantage of being schooled over a National-type fence on her trainer John Webber 's gallops . |
| 8 | He opened up a correspondence with the more pliable officers among Dara 's army and with promises of rewards secretly won over a sizeable proportion of his opponent 's force . |