Example sentences of "have a [noun sg] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third — and the most vigorous grower — is planted in ordinary compost in an empty sweet jar which has a polythene bag over the top . |
| 2 | Legent , he said , has a head start over Computer Associates in this respect . |
| 3 | Example 91 , from Britten 's War Requiem , has a tenor recitative over a sustained chord of G minor ( first inversion ) : The tenor part is frequently in strong , discordant opposition to the accompaniment , but there does not seem to be any planned tonal scheme . |
| 4 | It has a lantern tower over the crossing . |
| 5 | If we 'd had a boom economy over the last five years , the Stock Exchange would never have thought of phasing out the USM . ’ |
| 6 | Banks therefore will have a head start over their non-banking rivals in selling competitive products across the EC . |
| 7 | Those just below the VAT level can have a clinching advantage over those just above it , but that is the nature of thresholds . |
| 8 | and because the Buckinary is so big and really warrants having a stag group over that neck of the woods |
| 9 | Nina was on the floor now , sobbing , and the others had a rugby scrum over her . |
| 10 | When he came back into the doorway of the room where she waited , he had a duffle coat over his arm , and was carrying a folding garden-bed with a rigid aluminium frame and a patterned canvas cover printed with brilliant sunflowers . |
| 11 | Mrs Cochrane 's husband added : ‘ My wife had a depressive illness over a long period . |
| 12 | The machine had a plastic cover over it , like stereo systems used to have before they became furniture , I suppose to keep the dust out , but there was no mistaking the whirr-buzz sound . |
| 13 | ‘ I had a plastic bag over my head . |
| 14 | You , you have a look Sheila over next door . |
| 15 | Still at the head of the table , however , is Welsh club Wrexham , who have a point advantage over second place matchpoint Bramhall — with both clubs to re-arrange postponed matches . |
| 16 | I think some stations might do that , but they only do it if , if it 's , if it 's not going to be detrimental to the turn out , in other words they , they have a system , erm for instance they have a duty crew over the weekend , so that at least some can take their families to the seaside if they wanted to , so six will remain around the house er er but they do have some system , but I think the majority of fire stations , there are twenty seven in Suffolk like that , who work on the system of getting there as quickly as they can , and that is the best competition to get there , to get the ride . |