Example sentences of "[noun sg] over a lot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you also show great restraint over a lot of the stuff that 's written about you in the press , a lot of which is ill-informed gossip . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel I 've had an enormous advantage over a lot of comedy writers , because they do n't seem to realize how difficult it is . |
| 3 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 4 | For instance , I was one of several born in Ipswich you see , and I had advantage over a lot of men who were released from the Guards to come here . |
| 5 | I 'd be much more impressed by some positive suggestions of what we might do cos I th you know , months ago I was browbeaten outside church over a lot of similar issues and I said then , you know |