Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] over [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So there , in the forecourt General Orsborn prayed over this new graduate recruit .
2 Eddie would have to be pretty discreet about her relationship with Angy if she wanted to persuade Aunt Rosina to hand over that sketch as a keepsake .
3 Dr Alexander Muir resigned at the weekend after 33 years as a church elder — the seventh to go since Mrs Fraser took over two years ago .
4 You had to have legs like Marlene Dietrich to triumph over that get-up .
5 The late Charles Mowat took over 2,500 photographs of the railway scene between 1924 and 1969 , also a few taken between 1900 and 1924 , mainly of smaller and medium-sized stations and branch lines , including twelve scenes on the Bishop 's Castle Railway .
6 FOLLOWING the re-organisation and integration of Johnson Brothers , Wedgwood U.K. sales director Paul Hutchinson takes over full sales responsibility for Johnson Brothers .
7 Compare : Encouraged by the success of her early publications , Charlotte Brontë gave over increased amounts of time to writing .
8 In the second half they pushed and pulled Bristol apart … the pack worked like a steamroller … and produced 4 tries … hooker John Hawker went over first
9 150 years after Marx and John Bright argued over free trade and democracy , it is not difficult to see who was right .
10 In Mordova on Dec. 22 the Democratic Russia candidate , Vasily Guslyannikov , defeated the incumbent , Nikolai Biryukov.In Yakutia , the incumbent , Mikhail Nikolayev took over 70 per cent of the vote on Dec. 22 .
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