Example sentences of "with his [noun] over the " in BNC.

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1 ( GUIL walks half the distance towards the PLAYER , stops with his foot over the coin . )
2 It is clear that Watson spends a great deal of time wrestling with his conscience over the choice between morals and results .
3 Livingston can also appeal against that Olympic ban and he will be discussing that option with his advisers over the next 21 days .
4 Those forty-eight hours were a small opening shot in the game of chance and challenge he played with his stamina over the next thirty years .
5 The judge said that the arrangement reached between Bunn and the husband was that the latter ‘ would go home and discuss the matter with his wife over the weekend . ’
6 In describing the position in the terms : ‘ the bank told Kennedy to go home and discuss the matter with his wife over the weekend , ’ I am forced to the conclusion that the judge must either have overlooked the evidence to which I have just referred , or to have failed to appreciate its significance .
7 Stacey found her father , a 47-year old roofing worker , slouched in an armchair with his legs over the arm .
8 Gregory linked Clovis 's conversion with his victory over the Alamans .
9 The referee made a sweeping gesture with his arm over the prostrate figure of the white fighter .
10 Twice he was called to the telephone just before the curtain went up and he had long intense conversations with his hand over the mouthpiece .
11 He said he would be considering his future with his family over the weekend and would possibly be returning to business — his last position was as chief executive of Ridgway 's Tea .
12 He remembered the arguments he had had with his father over the years .
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