Example sentences of "[noun sg] over [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As confirmation of this , over 85 per cent of clients questioned by AMERG responded that changes in the advertising regulations had had no effect over their method of selecting architects . |
| 2 | According to members of the reforming faction , some officers have attempted to use Sir Peter Imbert 's apparent discomfiture over his role in the Guildford Four case to discredit the Plus Programme , with which he is closely identified . |
| 3 | He knew he was to face an onslaught from the Opposition over his handling of the economy . |
| 4 | Contented as she was with the house , Virginia was always to cast a glance over her shoulder at her sister , living just five miles away at Charleston . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , no , pray , ’ she begged , dropping the bread and rising also , and casting an apprehensive glance over her shoulder at the closed door . |
| 6 | ‘ I will explain it to you presently , ’ said the Reverend gentleman , with a harassed glance over his shoulder to where Theda stood glaring at her second visitor . |
| 7 | But Marc turned and , to Sarella 's embarrassment , instead of moving away , placed one hand possessively on the wall beside her head and leaned there , with a smiling glance over his shoulder at his younger brother . |
| 8 | She was asleep — there was a little island of light over her bed in the side-room of the empty ward — and someone said in a professional whisper , ‘ Do you think she 's ready for the next stage ? ’ |
| 9 | I despaired when I heard Sir Geoffrey Howe , who was Foreign Secretary at the time , speak at the Tory Party Conference in October and heard him repeat the same old stock phrase : Britain will never make a deal over its hostages in Lebanon . |
| 10 | You ca n't pull the wool over my eyes like that . |
| 11 | ‘ I can think of one firm that I think had tried to pull the wool over our eyes for many years . |
| 12 | Steve Cauthen 's battle with the Jockey Club over his use of the whip begins in London tomorrow . |
| 13 | We use this way in to stop people stealing what gear we have.Andy has been scratching around for a regular roof over his head for a year , ever since he lost his job and his home burned down in a fire . |
| 14 | It 's very difficult now with all the other cutbacks , I just do n't know how I 'm going to manage and whether or not I 'll have a roof over my head by the end of the year or what will be happening . |
| 15 | He can flick a football over his head with perfect control , pick up a guitar and find a tune . |
| 16 | Dr Murdoch resigned from the British Medical Association over its attitude to the Arthur case , but criticism has also come from within the BMA . |
| 17 | Earlier this year , Dharam , his son and heir , committed suicide after incurring family displeasure over his choice of bride . |
| 18 | Anderson captained Ireland on their short tour of France , led them to an unexpected victory over a French XV and keeps the job now but age and waning powers put a question-mark over his selection for the team at all . |
| 19 | Alex giggled deep down in his stomach and his arms and legs met like a soft anemone over her hand in an attempt to come to terms with it . |
| 20 | As Vimla pirouetted , pulling her sari over her head in a parody of the Dance of the Seven Veils , Chaman Guru put down the cymbals and got down to the serious business of collecting money . |
| 21 | Supporters of the Public Service Ideal will be disappointed by our finding that television news is biased towards the incumbent government , and alarmed by our evidence that the tabloid press has such a powerful influence over its readers at election time . |
| 22 | All it means is that some properties of the replicators should have an influence over their probability of being replicated . |
| 23 | She had let me see a draft of it , and I fancied that she had been a little timid about the dénouement , which was death in a motor accident , and feared that her own terrible anxiety over her son in the past might have inhibited her . |
| 24 | We wasted days and days dancing in the Pink Pussy Club , yawning at Fat Mattress at the Croydon Greyhound , ogling strippers on Sunday mornings in a pub , sleeping through Godard and Antonioni films , and enjoying the fighting at Millwall Football Ground , where I forced Changez to wear a bobble-hat over his face in case the lads saw he was a Paki and imagined I was one too . |
| 25 | Wainfleet could not resist gloating to Rain over his story of a romance between Hunter-Blair and Maureen . |
| 26 | The bank manager may want to reduce the business 's overdraft if it assigns security over its debtors to a factor ; and the factor 's fee may be too costly for businesses that work on very fine margins . |
| 27 | Hoogeveen was a nondescript , cheerless place , and so was his room , with only a dirty skylight over his head for a window . |
| 28 | Refusing to shut her eyes in case she succumbed again , Sarella fixed her gaze on a point over his shoulder on the scarlet wall opposite . |
| 29 | That gives him clout not only in tricky talks with America , Britain , France and the Soviet Union over how the new Germany will fit into Europe , but also in negotiations within the European Community over what sort of Europe it will be . |
| 30 | All these pictures were accompanied by Mr. Wakeford 's natural wit , which combined with his obvious joy over his discovery of wild flowers . |