Example sentences of "[adv] over a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dogan , a nephew of the President and a leading conservative in the ruling Motherland Party ( ANAP ) , was described by official sources as having been dismissed on the President 's orders " apparently over a rift in domestic politics " . |
| 2 | At the time when the Home Support Project first collected information about them , the majority got some informal care at least four days a week , ( three-quarters in the Ipswich control group and the Newham action group , two-thirds in the Ipswich action group and just over a half in the Newham control group ) . |
| 3 | The latter has just over a length in hand on the watch and one could not fault her smart performance last time from the trap three she occupies once again . |
| 4 | THE Manchester United footballer Viv Anderson was given a public apology and undisclosed libel damages in the High Court yesterday over a story in the Daily Star concerning a post-match clash between Anderson and the Wimbledon player John Fashanu . |
| 5 | Britain 's National Championship is held annually , usually over a weekend in late summer and if the idea of attending this quaint and somewhat unusual event appeals , then you have a real treat in store . |
| 6 | unc unc A metre is about 39.4 inches or slightly over a yard in length . |
| 7 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 8 | The ex-wife is ringing up over a son in whom she has shown no interest . |
| 9 | It was all hands on deck as they worked flat out over a weekend in March . |
| 10 | ‘ I have taken to colour like a new lover , ’ he pronounced unconvincingly over a cappuccino in the sparse urban palazzo that doubles as his office and town house . |
| 11 | The Cretaceous genus Inoceramus sometimes grew well over a metre in length ; fragments of this particular genus are frequently important components of the soft , white Cretaceous limestone known as chalk . |
| 12 | Martin Fleischmann told me how over a whiskey in Pons ' kitchen he remarked , ‘ It 's a billion to one chance , shall we do it ? ’ and Pons replied , ‘ Let's have a go . ’ |
| 13 | Coffin and Inspector Paul Lane were talking privately over a drink in the Victory Arms , a pub whose windows gave them a view of the sails of the Cutty Sark . |