Example sentences of "over a game " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was ridiculous getting so excited over a game . |
| 2 | In the square a Quaker choir was performing , and old men in heavy overcoats were in uproar over a game of chess . |
| 3 | Observing a heated argument among the players over a game of cards , Chapman thought that if they put as much consideration and earnestness into their football , their game could only improve . |
| 4 | They approached me one by one with invitations : some drinks over a game of cards ; a night out at the theatre … |
| 5 | IN OUR June edition we wrongly stated that Sutton Coldfield RFC were bringing a £500,000 civil action against a referee who presided over a game in which the club 's colts captain , Ben Smolden , broke his neck . |
| 6 | Le Dimanche — Sunday afternoon whiled away over a game of cards . |
| 7 | And while they were biding their time over a game of backgammon down in the café , William used to wander through the silent , cluttered rooms where their investment languished , gathering dust . |
| 8 | First , there is the early Marxist approach of Ian Taylor which emphasises that hooligan behaviour is a symbolic attempt by working-class fans to restore some control over a game which they feel increasingly alienated from . |
| 9 | Taylor 's ( 1971a ; 1971b ) Marxist approach sees contemporary spectator violence as a consequence of the increasing loss of control experienced by working-class football supporters over a game which they previously regarded as theirs . |