Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There they were in 1934 hatching plans for invading Russia but allowing one of their army chiefs — ‘ a typical monocled , duel-scarred , square-headed general of the High Command ’ — to reveal the lot to an RAF veteran over lunch at a plush Berlin restaurant . |
| 2 | Good For A Loan is potentially well treated on some of his form last term - which included a neck verdict over Sukaab at the Somerset circuit 13 months ago - and can produce a potent turn of foot under favourable conditions . |
| 3 | It seems extraordinarily right that he should have died , suddenly and without struggle , on a lovely day , gazing from the Catbells ridge over Newlands to the Derwent Fells . |
| 4 | I had arranged to meet Howard Imber , the writer , for a script conference over dinner at 8 , and fell on to the bed intending to rest for ten minutes before reading through the thick camera script . |
| 5 | NASA satellite surveys had revealed record levels of chlorine monoxide over parts of North America and Europe during some days in January . |
| 6 | Commanche Run 's neck victory over Baynoun in the 1984 St Leger gave Piggott his twenty-eighth Classic , breaking the record previously held by Frank Buckle with twenty-seven wins between 1792 and 1827 . |
| 7 | The judge was to carry out an agreed investigation into the bombing of a French UTA airliner over Niger in September 1989 in which 170 people died [ see p. 36910 ] . |
| 8 | On Nov. 27 a warning had been issued to the government by France , the United Kingdom and the USA , to hand over two men suspected of blowing up a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie , Scotland , in December 1988 , and to co-operate in bringing to trial suspects in the bombing of a French UTA airliner over Niger in September 1989 [ see p. 39215 ] . |
| 9 | WORRIED John Major called in an election expert over fears for his majority , it was revealed last night . |
| 10 | To keep you up to date with the story so far : Katabatic first met Waterloo Boy over fences in the Captain Morgan Chase at Aintree in April 1990 , the pair finishing third and fourth behind Nohalmdun . |
| 11 | It was a paper produced by and for the radical , and generally non-tribal , urban Africans : in fact , it was very nearly involved in a libel case over criticism of Chagga chiefs . |
| 12 | The judge had earlier given leave for Dr Odling-Smee to be called to give evidence for the defence in Lord Aldington 's libel action over allegations in a pamphlet that he is a war criminal responsible for the forced repatriation of 70,000 Cossacks and Yugoslavs who surrendered to the British in southern Austria in May 1945 . |
| 13 | Mr Zivkovic , a draughtsman who lived in Britain for 24 years after the war but now lives in Tasmania , Australia , was giving evidence for the defence in Lord Aldington 's libel action over allegations by Mr Nikolai Tolstoy and Mr Nigel Watts that he is a war criminal responsible for the forced repatriation of 70,000 Cossacks and Yugoslavs . |
| 14 | Paul Mellon and Wilson Rockefeller talk over lunch about philanthropy , art and riches |
| 15 | Flown in by AVM John Allison , this aircraft — in John 's hands — led the 16-ship Phantom formation flypast over London on June 13 to celebrate HM The Queen 's Official Birthday . |
| 16 | Certainly , he can enjoy the outcome for a day or two , but there is still a question mark over dealings in the longer term on the all-important economy , with the rivalry between the trading blocs dictating how ‘ special ’ the ‘ relationship ’ is likely to remain . |
| 17 | ‘ … while there 's a slight question mark over Shine On 's ability to stay this distance and of course it 's a big test for his rider Kitty Connor , who 's having her first ride in a listed race . |
| 18 | Director General Sir Michael Checkland put a question mark over favourites like Big Break , Telly Addicts and Going For Gold yesterday . |
| 19 | It was intimated that future UN Security Council unanimity over action against Iraq would be in peril if the USA was seen to be protecting Israel . |
| 20 | Barnes slammed 65 with the bat and then captured 4–32 with his medium pace bowling to steer Caernarfonshire to a 54-runs victory over Anglesey at Bethesda . |
| 21 | WIDNES stepped up their challenge for the Cheshire County League championship with a comprehensive 10-wicket home victory over Stalybridge with Zimbabwe Test star Grant Flower their key man . |
| 22 | Souness watched Liverpool 's FA Cup semi-final penalty shoot-out victory over Portsmouth on Monday on satellite television . |
| 23 | Owers helped Sunderland beat Port Vale at the beginning of their Cup run , but was substituted and then aggravated his groin trouble in the following 6–2 home win over Millwall in mid January . |
| 24 | Nor did the Teleuts hand over hostages to the Russians , despite pressure being placed on them to do so . |
| 25 | Lineen will captain the Saltires when they aim to repeat last year 's record victory over Ulster at Ravenhill , Belfast , tonight ( 7:30 ) . |
| 26 | An analysis of individual life-histories illuminates the nature of community control over members of the ‘ sub-society ’ . |
| 27 | After the river , he took a train as far as the Burmese would allow foreigners to go , about a hundred miles short of their guerrilla war , and after that there was a vintage plane over mountains to the real Burma Road ; the road whose legend occupies an odd corner of the memory , like Hannibal 's Alpine venture . |
| 28 | Another case involved a collision in mid-air between an Iberian DC-9 and a Spantax Convair Coronado over Nantes in France , in which the great majority of the passengers in the DC-9 were British . |
| 29 | Judge rethink : The Marquess of Blandford 's 112 day sentence over non-payment of maintenance to his wife may be cut by the judge who committed him to Pentonville on Tuesday . |
| 30 | When clubs in the lower divisions are fighting bankruptcy , living from day to day on a shoestring budget for want of funds that , to most First Division players , would be petty cash , it seems rather arrogant of Mr Taylor to be threatening strike action over sums of money and perquisites most footballers can only dream of . |