Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even as I was recording my triumphs over a hostile and alien world , I was also expressing such sentiments as , ‘ Oh , it 's not even worth writing down — the same , usual , dismal , tedious , boring story . ’ |
| 2 | Despite my closeness over a long period to Harold Wilson , I was certainly not close to his publicised cronies . |
| 3 | And she asked for their support over a difficult period . |
| 4 | It means you have to keep club staff there for a lot longer , till about 6.30 , and that people spend their money over a longer period of time . |
| 5 | The sudden weakness in her legs made her stumble over a non-existent obstacle , there was a blackness before her eyes and she would have fallen but for his lightning reactions and the strong hand that grasped her elbow , supporting her . |
| 6 | Turning the British fascist 's ‘ there ai n't no black in the union jack ’ bullshit on its head , 3:6 Philly argue their case over a snappy jazz groove for the original , and rip up Run DMC 's ‘ Back From Hell ’ beats for the ‘ Docta D version ’ . |
| 7 | ART lovers have been left scratching their heads over a bizarre exhibition of kissing toothbrushes and dancing ties in Darlington . |
| 8 | Their secret lies in their enormously elongated toes , which spread their weight over a wide area of lily leaf . |
| 9 | Borrowers are able to use the facility up to 140 per cent of their quota over a four-year period and with much more relaxed repayment conditions than the normal facilities . |
| 10 | The Israeli Labour government 's resort to harsh collective punishment tactics reflected its anxiety over a recent increase in guerrilla activities by Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) . |
| 11 | They meet monthly in each others homes to share their experiences over a simple shared meal , pray together and deepened their understanding of marriage , family life and their faith . |
| 12 | They meet monthly in each other 's home , and share their experiences over a simple meal , pray together and deepen their understanding of marriage , family life and their faith . |
| 13 | The unions have thus been able to extend their influence over a comprehensive range of working arrangements , and to reduce the areas of sole managerial prerogative . |
| 14 | Since the end of the Second World War , state institutions have extended their influence over a whole range of activities which touch individual lives . |
| 15 | They cooked strips of its meat over a fierce wood fire , but the old man 's appetite was small . |
| 16 | This survey has demonstrated similarities between the problems and needs of family and part-time farmers and their families over a wide geographic range in Great Britain and overseas . |
| 17 | These fish are especially prone to ‘ conditioning ’ ; you can switch their minds onto a certain item of food and if you keep that food trickling through their swims over a long period they will continue feeding , with only short breaks , until that food runs out or some other disaster happens to move them . |
| 18 | If you 've been self-employed since five minutes after Lucifer 's fall , and can fork out the massive outlay required , you might just find a way to bribe yourself on to the single-ticket waiting list ; if you belong to a small , minor-league organisation , your company will probably club together with several others to rent a cheap and jerry-built booth in one of the minor outbuildings , and argue with its partners over a tiny allocation of entry passes , whose holders will be consigned to overpriced lodgings in distant and inconvenient suburbs . |
| 19 | ‘ This success has been achieved as a result of the hard work by LASMO 's staff and its partners over a long time . |
| 20 | When the first giraffes began to stretch their necks to reach the leaves of trees , they were choosing a new habit that would guide the future development of their species over a vast period of time . |
| 21 | In contrast , the heteropolymer increases its disorder over a wide temperature range ( as the temperature is increased from well below T m to just below T m ) with an associated loss in electrostatic interactions . |
| 22 | The House Committee continued to exercise its jurisdiction over a wide variety of day-to-day matters at the institution . |
| 23 | Opponents of the resort to force , and others who regarded it as premature , maintained that the effectiveness of sanctions required their application over a longer period ( this being broadly the position adopted in early January , i.e. before the military conflict began , by the opposition Labour Party in the UK ) . |
| 24 | Having been stung in a similar situation in their last league game when Gregor McKechnie called their bluff over a kickable penalty and scuttled in for a try , Tukalo tried to do likewise after Joe Munro had been caught offside in the Watsonian 22 , as Scott Hastings was called to arms to police Linton . |
| 25 | Pipeline is a hollow left-hander which , with its right-handed twin brother , Backdoor Pipeline , turns into a double-barrelled shotgun of a wave that blasts its victims over a shallow , razor-sharp reef . |
| 26 | Er and erm it 's difficult for people to maintain er not only as I say , but in their lifestyle over a particular period of time , so you could be more likely to get at the truth by this method , than by sending out questionnaires . |
| 27 | In the list given below , are shown items and pay , selected for their interest over a good number of years . |
| 28 | One of the tasks of a sponsor of such an event is to maximise on its appeal over a long period of time . |
| 29 | It amounted to a coded acknowledgement of the barely-supressed rage of Conservative MPs , mostly on the right , whose concern over a fresh wave of ‘ large-scale immigration ’ hitting overcrowded facilities in Britain was clothed yesterday in language close to that of Mr Gerald Kaufman , the shadow Foreign Secretary , who called the plan ‘ inherently unworkable , invidious and divisive ’ , and demanded details on how it would work . |
| 30 | Felix remembered the gang of them at the beginning of the World War , with Stephen stomping around reviling the call-up , deciding on conscientious objection for himself , shaking off the hand of any acquaintance who tried to help him speed over a dangerous crossing , and talking about the anti-militarist statement he would make to the court . |