Example sentences of "[pers pn] had over the " in BNC.

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1 I had agonised over its content , discussing it with Caroline , my wife , who knew the reservations I had over the job I was doing .
2 But I intended to follow the same course of action as I had over the earlier incident : to say nothing until he gave me an opening .
3 She wondered how much control she had over the chauffeur .
4 The Concentrated Reinforcement Programme was discontinued since it was considered that the very marginal improvement that it had over the Standard programme was not worth the relatively more substantial increase in running costs .
5 His accuracy and stinginess with runs made him almost without equal as a one-day bowler , for he could both contain and attack at the same time since the bounce he got from his great height and the control he had over the ball gave him the extra penetration that brought wickets .
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