Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] with [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vote was boycotted by a rival faction led by Kenneth Matiba and Martin Shikuku , who had differed with Odinga over methods of selecting FORD 's presidential candidate [ see p. 39040 ] . |
| 2 | An expatriate Iranian satirist , Hadi Khorsandi , later claimed in fun to have had the ear of Rafsanjani , who told him that his discussions with McFarlane ‘ were meant only for him to practise the English language … all the contacts he had had with Americans over the past year had been made for the purpose of learning irregular verbs . ’ |
| 3 | Considering how closely the band had worked with Charman over the past three years , their method of dismissing him seems to have been unduly formal in the circumstances . |
| 4 | He had leapt with ease over the fearsome Becher 's Brook on the second circuit , but he was tiring and had no jockey to keep him going . |
| 5 | Relations remained strained with Germany over the continuing repercussions of the Rabta chemical factory controversy , but improved with France after the return in March of three Libyan Mirage fighter planes , held in France since 1986 , and the release of three French and Belgian hostages in Beirut by the Libyan-sponsored Fatah Revolutionary Council ( RFC ) . |