Example sentences of "[vb past] to [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a local tradition that Gloucester and the Stanleys came to blows over the division of authority , and their continuing rivalry may lie behind a royal command in 1476 that the tenants of Congleton should attend ‘ only upon the king 's highness and in his absence upon the lord Stanley ’ . |
| 2 | Great dinosaurs were excavated from the American west while it was still ‘ wild ’ — early fossil-hunters had to contend with hostile Indians and sometimes came to blows over possession of the richest sites . |
| 3 | I remember we came to blows over the Queen Mother thing . |
| 4 | There was a local tradition that Gloucester and the Stanleys came to blows over the division of authority , and their continuing rivalry may lie behind a royal command in 1476 that the tenants of Congleton should attend ‘ only upon the king 's highness and in his absence upon the lord Stanley ’ . |
| 5 | The words seemed to trip over each other in her enthusiasm . |
| 6 | TRANMERE coasted to victory over am outclassed Southend side at Prenton Park . |
| 7 | As the sky faded to orange over the sea of felltops , it became clear that not only was Rib and Slab out of the question but we would be struggling to get back to Wasdale before nightfall . |
| 8 | Britain protested to Romania over the violent crackdown on dissent and urged Romanian state employees to overthrow the Communist government for their own safety . |
| 9 | It used to be thought that , when Offa was styled on occasion in the charters of the period rex Anglorum , this signified that he aspired to lordship over all the Anglo-Saxons or at least to make himself the only king south of the Humber . |
| 10 | This led to confusion over concentration with the term minimum inhibitory concentration ( MIC ) being used as and mistaken for dosage rate when it merely related to the bacteriostatic performance against certain bacteria under artificial conditions and at specific concentrations . |
| 11 | During the course of Edward 's long reign the English crown attained what , according to one historian , amounted to sovereignty over the English church . |
| 12 | He died before he went to trial over the matter . |
| 13 | I spent holidays at home , but went to school over here , and then into the Army . |
| 14 | None of our family went to school over here . |
| 15 | They went to Morocco over the 1952 Christmas period , partly because Paul Bowles ' The Sheltering Sky had made Morocco and especially Tangiers the place to go . |
| 16 | If the adventurers are a talkative bunch , you might allow the Oracle to reminisce fondly over the counsel he gave to Drachenfels over the years . |
| 17 | The way we vote is being influenced by editorial interpretations of what John Major said to Norma over breakfast ; by magazine articles telling us what the Kinnocks enjoy for breakfast ; and by TV coverage ( live , no doubt ) of Paddy Ashdown telling us why he chooses toast and Marmite every time . |
| 18 | ‘ Hum , ’ Jay said to Francis over their café breakfast , ‘ I have a butterfly in my bedroom . ’ |
| 19 | The move comes after ward councillor Nick Thorne-Wallis ( Lab ) wrote to BR over the lack of fencing . |
| 20 | The move comes months after Labour councillor Nick Thorne- Wallis wrote to BR over the lack of fencing at the site . |
| 21 | He was tall : elegantly dressed for riding in well-cut white breeches and a black jacket which fitted to perfection over his broad shoulders and deep chest . |
| 22 | When he thought of the law , his chosen profession , his head filled with the savour of dust ; he could taste it on his tongue , mousey and dry , and smell the foist of the archives where he had to pore over the huge books of cases , statutes , precedents . |
| 23 | ‘ Maybe it was n't the wisest thing to have done , ’ Lisa reflected to Josey over a cup of tea that evening . |
| 24 | On adjacent courts , Amanda Brown — the former Wightman Cup player — shone as she romped to victory over Queen 's No. 1 Alison Grant 6–1 6–1 , while team mate Judy Rich — who this time last year led the Queen 's attack — took just four games more to defeat Karen Cass in the other singles rubber . |