Example sentences of "a [noun] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Stravinsky was a welcome up-beat to the new work and it drew a veil over a performance of the overture which apart from a cracking final Presto was emminently forgettable . |
| 2 | Had a fight over a stick ! |
| 3 | A fight over a car . |
| 4 | The defendant 's employees erected a tent over a manhole and surrounded the tent with paraffin lamps . |
| 5 | Locks , or more correctly , ‘ pound locks ’ , are a means of raising a boat over a rise or fall in level by a series of steps . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not going to spoil a friendship over a pause . ’ |
| 7 | Win or lose , in a contest over a collectorship the office was a liability to a politician , more apt to cost him friends than to lead to anything useful for his interest . |
| 8 | Perhaps the other girl did n't mind being part of a deal over a vineyard . |
| 9 | In effect , these were the same as the general powers of a parent over a child of less than 14 years . |
| 10 | Checklists are not appropriate for people who do not have inti-mate knowledge of a child over a period of some weeks . |
| 11 | The obvious way to resolve the dispute was to call a Council to decide among them — though such a course of action might be taken to imply the supremacy of a Council over a pope . |
| 12 | Lord Huntingdon 's filly , on a hat-trick after recent wins at Newbury and Nottingham , was most impressive last time out , scoring easily by a length and a half over a mile . |
| 13 | Mirror-glass tiles covered the end walls and the ceiling ; pink plastic carnations peeped out of brass vases ; cut-out pictures of actors and actresses were pasted into a frieze over a glass bookcase filled with Hindi videos . |
| 14 | Guests tend to congregate in the lounge for a chat over a drink from the ‘ snug ’ bar , or to watch TV . |
| 15 | Pop in and enjoy everything from a fine à la carte meal to a chat over a drink . |
| 16 | He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea . |
| 17 | Today 's stunt guarantees him a mention and proves that ideas inspired by a chat over a pint are n't just a load of hot air . |
| 18 | He went first to Winsor Hill tunnel , situated in a lonely spot approached by a climb over a viaduct from Shepton Mallet . |
| 19 | A climb over a stile — and a redstart sang its short phrases from the branch of an ash : ‘ The fire-tail 's ‘ tweet-tut ’ fretting call/ keeps up a teasing melody . ’ |
| 20 | In practice , the average is usually a time average ; one observes and averages the velocity at a point over a period long enough for separate measurements to give effectively the same result . |
| 21 | Anthropologists , for example , are able to interpret a culture , at first sight inexplicable to those from a different culture , by living with , talking to and observing people in a community over a period of years . |
| 22 | A right over a share will only exist if a legally binding arrangement has been made ( see Panel Statement 1985/5 , 17 February 1989 , relating to Marina Development Group plc ) . |
| 23 | Aqueducts usually take a canal over a road , river or another canal . |
| 24 | Howe has returned home after a scare over a chest condition . |
| 25 | Her husband 's smile , which she had long since discovered to be a deceitful thing , wavered on his lips like a breeze over a cornfield , and he was slow to answer . |
| 26 | Notices show on the Register many matters that in unregistered conveyancing would appear in the Land Charges Register or on the title , such as restrictive covenants , a spouse 's interest under the Matrimonial Homes legislation , and a special form of registering a charge over a land certificate ( an equitable charge ) known as a deposit of land certificate . |
| 27 | But this ignores the effect of new accounting rules set out in SSAP 24 , which require companies to spread a surplus over a number of years . |
| 28 | Longer-term effects were studied in four young couples , three who normally slept about 8 hours every night , and one who slept 6.5 hours a night , who volunteered to attempt to reduce their sleep progressively to 4.5 hours a night over a period of between six and eight months . |
| 29 | He chose a platform over a cave roof to spawn , and 13 days later his female produced 20 fry . |
| 30 | She pestered the appropriate officer , several times a day over a period of three weeks . |