Example sentences of "[det] sort [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you . |
| 2 | ‘ And that gives you some sort of hold over me ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't do that to prove some sort of mastery over you , ’ he said evenly , and she drew in her breath sharply , wondering if he read her mind . |
| 4 | To prove that you had some sort of power over me ? ’ |
| 5 | It made her feel as if he still had some sort of claim over her , and she really hated and resented that . |
| 6 | In theory , guidelines for open systems are formulated when a committee of vendors come to some sort of agreement over architectural definitions and create a standard . |
| 7 | Hope you managed to get some sort of break over the weekend and that you 're not too behind on schedule — it 'll probably pick up later on in the shoot ! |
| 8 | The most important thing to understand here is that people try to re-establish some sort of control over their situation . |
| 9 | Then he seemed to get some sort of control over himself again . |
| 10 | She turned her hot face into the pillows and tried to get some sort of control over her heartbeats . |
| 11 | Try to retain some sort of control over an emotional matter and expect partners to behave unpredictably and thoughtlessly . |
| 12 | planning applications , erm the sort of locational aspects are important , the the existing policy in the structure plan did have some sort of control over the the number of jobs , but it 's as as David Potter has said , it 's been very difficult to monitor er the level of jobs being provided , and in practice it 's been really impossible to implement that aspect of of the policy . |
| 13 | I 'm at the moment chairing a university working party on sexual harassment erm and what this working party erm intends to do is to try to survey experience gathered from the operation of codes and the appointment of people in college with a special responsibility for this sort of thing over the past few years , to see what we can learn from experience , so I 'd want to reserve judgement at the moment on what this committee might recommend is the best way forwards . |
| 14 | Drew another sort of curtain over the air , |
| 15 | That 's those sort of top over things in n it ? |
| 16 | Yeah , I think some people do n't want er , the fathers having any sort of rights over them , they do n't want the access er , to the children , so in a way , they prefer to go it alone . |