Example sentences of "[det] kind [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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1 | Not that that in itself was a bad thing , she acknowledged — but she bitterly resented the fact that he , Adam Burns , should have that kind of influence over her . |
2 | This thorough stayer , bought out of Guy Harwood 's yard for 25,000 guineas , was a decent staying handicapper on the Flat and will be very hard to beat if reproducing that kind of form over hurdles . |
3 | Even her father could n't exert that kind of power over her . |
4 | At that moment I did have some kind of advantage over him , because I knew a little more about some things than he did . |
5 | ‘ Do you think that gives you some kind of hold over me ? |
6 | During the autumn and winter keep the compost from drying out completely , which means providing some kind of protection over the plant . |
7 | Virginia found herself desperately hoping Guy would be back at Armscott Manor , because suddenly she was possessed with a burning need to talk to him , build some kind of bridge over the chasm she 'd caused with her accusation over Farthingdales . |
8 | It should be noted that what I have called a two-stage golden thread approach implies that human beings have some kind of control over what they will say is right . |
9 | Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation . |
10 | The shire and hundred meetings may have been able to exercise some kind of control over this , although a king who allowed himself and his servants too much leeway would have been difficult to oppose directly . |
11 | And , although I was instantaneously and utterly in love with you — and quite determined that we should marry as soon as possible — I have been trying my damnedest to keep some kind of control over my emotions . ’ |
12 | But he knows all kinds of People over there and he 's getting me what I need . |
13 | The shock statistics reveal a sharp rise in drug abuse of all kinds among teenagers over the past two years . |
14 | Anthony , predictably enough Julia thought , decided that his patients needed him too much for him to take any kind of holiday over the Easter weekend , but he made no objection to David 's formal request to take Julia away to stay with his mother . |