Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | LEADING Tory John Gummer quit the Church of England yesterday over its move to bring in women priests . |
| 2 | To me there are prototypes of Alf all over the country : far too many of them in fact . |
| 3 | Across the little Livre valley the vines grown on the east and south-east-facing slopes of Mont Écouvé , at a height of between 150 and 170 metres , are an extension to those of Bouzy just over the hill . |
| 4 | Does my hon. Friend agree that many leaders of local industry are giving their time and experience to ensure the great success of TECs all over the United Kingdom and that it is imperative that we , the Government , ensure that they are properly funded ? |
| 5 | BT has provided £75,000 in support of Teesside Tomorrow over the past three years . |
| 6 | There is going to be all forms of Jihad all over the world because there is a sacred element , there is an element erm of er which is the presence of a foreign non-Muslim force in the Holy Land ; this is a very explosive element . |
| 7 | From the pattern of ocean floor magnetic anomalies it is possible to trace the movement of India northwards over the past 80 Ma or so ( Fig. 3.23 ) . |
| 8 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with Elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 9 | In some cases such an escape was executed only with pain , as in the case of Ann Yearsley who broke publicly with Hannah More over the right to administer a trust fund for her children . |
| 10 | Nor does the island appear to be over-full of tourists , not even in Funchal where over ninety per cent of the hotels are located . |
| 11 | Students and staff at the Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education , many of them fellow members of the college rugby team , wept during a performance of Elton John 's Yellow Brick Road , the favourite tune of student , Murray Pugh , stabbed to death in Cheltenham just over a month ago . |
| 12 | Following a mailing by Aldus to all registered users of the product an initial public meeting was held in London where over 100 potential members braved the pouring rain to confirm their support for the User Group . |
| 13 | Mr Scargill met British Coal officials in London yesterday over the disputed consultation procedures for closing the ten pits where production has already stopped . |
| 14 | With Felbrigg left behind the route continues to Hanworth then over Thwaite Common and on to the village of Erpingham . |
| 15 | Stephen was still in bed but sitting up and there were books on Vangmoor all over the quilt . |
| 16 | ‘ Dalglish is the first ex-Liverpool manager to return to Anfield in over 70yearsscharge of a new Dalglish 's decision to abandon the club in the run-in to the 1990-91 season still rankles with many around Merseyside , but Souness insists that should not affect the warmth of his reception , saying : ‘ Kenny should be remembered as the greatest player this club has had and as a successful manager . |
| 17 | Lord Gnome had returned to Branson intermittently over the years , christening him ‘ a reptilian little shit ’ in stories which Branson always maintained were ‘ inaccuracies ’ . |
| 18 | I am acutely conscious that I have been a source of aggravation to Pa recently over my stupid allergy to vegetables ; it can not be pleasant to see the products one has slaved over summer and winter being regurgitated on to the dinner plate of one 's elder child . |
| 19 | Have you been to Madeira again over the holiday ? ’ |
| 20 | The action smacked too much of the grandiose , if futile , gesture of the French nobility at Crécy just over a century earlier . |
| 21 | Hundreds of members of the Women 's Institute have been lobbying MPs at Westminster today over their fears about food irradiation . |
| 22 | But his stable revealed that the 10-year-old could be diverted to the Hackett Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow over a distance just over half a mile shorter than the Mackeson . |
| 23 | Members have the opportunity to go on weekend projects , conservation working holidays and training courses run by BTCV all over the country . |