Example sentences of "[vb past] over a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In A.D. 318 , the then Bishop of Rome ( now known as Pope Sylvester ) is said to have met personally with eight Desposyni leaders — each of whom presided over a branch of the Church — at the Lateran Palace . |
| 2 | The Empress Maria Theresa presided over a transformation of the Habsburg hereditary territories which was the greatest achievement of its kind anywhere in Europe during this period . |
| 3 | Gooseneck presided over a table of thirty , one-third of whom were female . |
| 4 | Directors Jim Gray and David Duff presided over a set of financial manoeuvres that bewildered even the most money minded fans . |
| 5 | On 15 November Pope Paul presided over a gathering of those in charge of running the Council . |
| 6 | In September 1959 , at Woods Hole on Cape Cod in Massachusetts , Professor Jerome Bruner presided over a meeting of influential scientists and afterwards wrote The Process of Education . |
| 7 | This success lies behind his translation to Canterbury in the following year ; thereafter , until his death in 1381 , he presided over a period of taxation the scale of which exceeded even that of the early years of the reign . |
| 8 | or about five minutes earlier on the motorway and they drove over a part of the barrier , and they got a blow out did n't they ? |
| 9 | Although , perhaps it was fortunate in one sense that er it completely destroyed the main machine shop and er it , it all happened over a period of about twenty to twenty five minutes . |
| 10 | Erm I I I signed over I signed over a number of thousands of pounds erm n nine years ago , eight or nine years ago with regard to the matrimonial home which Alison still lives in with my son Ben today . |
| 11 | In fact , there were four distinct varieties , which he regarded as separate races , of subspecies , which had over a period of time become cut off from each other and ceased to interbreed . |