Example sentences of "[vb pp] over a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | A court has been told that the idea for an elaborate murder plot , in which a couple were pushed over a cliff in a blazing car , may have come from a film on satellite television . |
| 2 | Taylor ( 1987 ) points out that in the United States during the 1980s , the Reagan Administration , pursuing similar policies to those of the Conservatives , presided over a decline in crime and asks why the United Kingdom was different . |
| 3 | There were 16 cases of damage to vehicles including £300 damage to a vehicle in Larchfield Street , while paint was sprayed over a vehicle in Rydal Road . |
| 4 | Business has to be discussed over a drink in the pub , with food quickly snatched at the bar , or an even more hurried lunch grabbed at your desk between meetings . |
| 5 | It has also been held that a wholesale sale does not become a retail sale because the goods are delivered over a period in retail quantities : Hales v. Buckley [ 1911 ] W.N. 32 . |
| 6 | Around 20 billion lire ( $13.5m ) was paid over a decade in a corrupt system that was , he said , ‘ nothing short of racketeering ’ . |