Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of [verb] over " in BNC.

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1 er , it can be a very terrifying experience for a woman , but I think part of the mental experience would be coming forward to the police and they had dealt with now in a far more caring and understanding manner , that that can actually help in a process of getting over it eventually .
2 He or she will receive a flow of income over the year and will engage in a flow of spending over the same period .
3 Ivy had her hands full with the driving , and although Zen soon gave up trying to follow their route on the maps he had brought with him , which proved to bear only a partial and rather disturbing resemblance to the landscape , like a mild hallucination , he kept up a show of poring over them to try and assuage his guilt at being a mere passenger , unable to share her burden .
4 There are currently 1.7 million people in the UK who have a TV but not a licence , and most will be doing a lot of viewing over the next couple of weeks .
5 Between them , the Waleses have established a way of operating over the last ten years that is unmistakably their own ; and quite unlike any other branch of the Royal Family .
6 It was just that after a weekend of weeping over Cameron , and two absolutely hectic days at the office with Helena now also down with chicken-pox , she felt like a bit of glamour .
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