Example sentences of "[conj] over an " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , with a day to spare after Watergate , I flew out to Kearney and over an eggs and hash brown breakfast at Captain Smith 's , heard the story of his life and how he came to be piloting the Catalina that sighted the Bismarck . |
| 2 | English Heritage chooses now to stress the responsibility of the many boroughs of which London is made up : ‘ Our policy is , in consultation with the boroughs , and over an agreed programme , to withdraw from the exercise of our powers where we are duplicating their functions ’ . |
| 3 | For several days the world had been on the brink of nuclear war — and over an issue that appeared less than vital for those outside the conflict . |
| 4 | This is based on a distinction between price changes over equal periods of calendar time , and over an equal number of information arrivals , termed event time . |
| 5 | Throwing some levers normally cuts out an electric force field , or jumping onto a steel plate hurls Zack into the air and over an obstruction . |
| 6 | Once the liquid slip leaves the blending tank it is passed through fine sieves and over an electro-magnet to remove any particles of iron . |
| 7 | The motion had been proposed by President Lech Walesa , whose conflict with the minority Olszewski government , formed in December 1991 [ see pp. 38685-86 ] , had increased in intensity over the areas of defence and national security [ see pp. 38880-81 ; 38921-22 ] and over an attempted last-minute government amendment to the Russian-Polish treaty [ see p. 38922 ] . |
| 8 | Moreover , he was chuckling and making humorous observations to Fleury in Hindustani , his eyes gleaming as black as anthracite , pointing at his neck occasionally and shaking his head , as if over an unusually successful jest . |