Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] over [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I raised with David Ingram at my JAR a matter which I 've been mulling over for a while , arising from my role as Welfare Officer . |
| 2 | Now , that obviously means , colleagues that we 're , we 're going over for a period of time , but we 're er slightly behind this afternoon , so certainly need to be trying to pull some work back . |
| 3 | If a policeman could be so well endowed with it , despite the obvious difficulties and frustrations of his profession , the ordinary man or woman would surely be brimming over with a joke or two no matter what the occasion . |
| 4 | She had merely telephoned to let him know that she would be handing over to a girl called Kate . |
| 5 | He is coming over for a tour which culminates in the Edinburgh Festival , and he will be promoting both this and his third Easy Rawlins tale . |
| 6 | Emily , as a special treat , was staying over at a school-friend 's . |