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

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1 On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink .
2 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 .
3 An alleged hitman accused of pushing a young couple over a cliff in a burning car has claimed he was at home smoking drugs at the time .
4 Around 20 billion lire ( $13.5m ) was paid over a decade in a corrupt system that was , he said , ‘ nothing short of racketeering ’ .
5 Mr Kinnock 's own union , the 1.1 million-strong Transport and General Workers ' Union , yesterday confirmed that it is to sue Mr Paddy Ashdown and six other Liberal Democrat leaders over a claim in a party newspaper that the T&G had advised members in 29 key marginals to vote Liberal Democrat rather than Labour .
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