Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their choice to negotiate for them over the property group 's restructuring is the American financier who , after a colourful career in the more maverick corners of the Euromarkets , agreed to buy the Marshalls money-broking business from British & Commonwealth but failed to find the cash . |
| 2 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 3 | Few words had passed between them over the past week , and now she could see that it was with an effort he said , ‘ Your mother tells me about this idea of hers . |
| 4 | Some French troops had to be withdrawn from Brittany to pursue and harry Gaunt 's forces , but the diversion of the expedition from its original destination served to embitter relations between Duke John and Gaunt , which were in any case strained after a quarrel between them over the wages due to their troops , and the English garrisons at Brest , Bécherel ( a fortress some twenty miles south of St Malo ) , and Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte were still hard pressed by du Guesclin 's forces . |
| 5 | Maybe , thought Alix , that mild , concerned approach of Hannah 's is all a front , devised between them over the years , consciously or unconsciously , to mediate , to palliate , to distract attention ? |
| 6 | This , however , was denied by Kravchuk on March 19 , and at the Kiev summit he denied Yeltsin 's claims of a telephone conversation between them over the issue on March 16 . |
| 7 | In addition , Iraq viewed Kuwait as having gradually eaten away patches of Iraqi territory in the border area between them over the years and also as draining reserves from part of Iraq 's South Rumailah oilfield which straddled the frontier . |
| 8 | He has not given up the running battle between them over the question of form , which started out with his victory on accommodation . |
| 9 | I am going to tell you of two glimpses that have retained their clarity for me over the years while important and famous things have faded . |
| 10 | Particular highlights for me over the last year have included : |
| 11 | She threw the ball across the lawn and the cat bounded after it over the frosted grass , the muscles rippling under the black sheen of his coat . |
| 12 | It is rushing towards me over the uneven ground . |
| 13 | The sun crept towards me over the red tiles . |
| 14 | As they stood there looking east they were able to discern a small buzzing winged shape heading towards them over the immense Capability Brown park . |
| 15 | Seagulls , able to detect the appearance of a piece of bread at a hundred yards away , advanced slowly towards them over the shelving ground . |
| 16 | The ride down Northern Boulevard from La Guardia airport to the Queensboro bridge may not be the best way to see New York for the first time although Maxim caught glimpses of its towers jolting towards them over the grey horizon . |
| 17 | An upper garment is drawn diagonally across the breasts , revealing their broad forms and falling loose below them over the tight belt which it conceals at the sides , and it hangs in a shallow curve on the left hip , a long trail on the right . |
| 18 | ‘ Are you married ? ’ he said at once , head turned toward the din from his workmen as he stepped past me over the rubble and put a key into the lock of the , I should have thought , not yet apt to be plundered building . |
| 19 | He fears the impact on the traditional character of pubs if the brewers have their way and turn many of them over the leaseholders . |
| 20 | He has got through a dozen of them over the years and generations of cricketers have passed by . |
| 21 | She said : ‘ I hit one of them over the head in the bedroom and then I got going . |
| 22 | It is important to note that any of these items can occur with anybody , en when there is no addictive disease , and that some people may even eve experienced several of them over the years . |
| 23 | The customer services team are rarely seen by customers but maintain close contact with every one of them over the telephone . |
| 24 | ‘ We get a lot of donations from relatives and friends of people we have nursed here and we have kept a record of them over the last few years , ’ said Mrs Deidre Shaw , administrator for the appeal . |
| 25 | But this wardship of his over the de Breos lands , that 's a plum indeed , and one the King wo n't willingly confide to Richard along with his earldom . |
| 26 | I had it on my schedule to see quite a lot of you over the next few weeks , Folly . |
| 27 | I will probably contact many of you over the next few months to try to establish the working conditions in various areas and develop future strategies accordingly . |
| 28 | It crept stealthily towards him over the mud , advancing , retreating , advancing again like a living creature stalking its prey . |
| 29 | Bursting from the trees ahead of him , three black shapes came hurtling towards him over the pine needle floor of the clearing . |
| 30 | Mexicans in the moonlight , surging towards her over the stubble , old wrinkled women , kids with the bulbous stomachs , things to be honest she did n't see because they drove past too quickly on the motorway . |