Example sentences of "[vb pp] with [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The table shows the steady progress we have made with tokamaks over the past quarter of a century . |
| 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 | Local shell fishermen have clashed with conservationists over the latter 's appeal for an end to shellfish potting in the waters around Skomer Island 's Marine Nature Reserve , south-west Wales . |
| 4 | Bannen , whom she 'd left in the Operations Room , supposedly wracked with grief over the abrupt crash of the simularity of his son . |
| 5 | Negotiations have opened with Southampton over the permanent transfer of Jon Gittens to Ayresome Park . |
| 6 | With tongue in cheek , the writer had suggested that a deal be struck with Britain over the Six Counties in the North . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In March 1990 an agreement was signed with Venezuela over the maritime boundaries between the two nations during a three-day visit by Robinson to Caracas , the Venezuelan capital . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | That night she was perched on her stool wearing her cape trimmed with marabou over the dress . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | It was another pattern that would be expanded , developed and perfected with ferocity over the coming 15 years . |
| 13 | The Centre 's miniature railway was swamped with customers over the whole weekend . |