Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not exercise power over explosions and crackling and snapping of fire like the strangers , we fall back into the waves — as Dulé 's mother did , the young woman I dug up all those years ago , who had been drowned , who had returned to the deep blue . |
| 2 | From this perspective , therefore , employers do not have power over employees , they do not give them instructions , but rather are involved in a process of constant renegotiation of the employment contract . |
| 3 | They do not have authority over me because the right way to treat their advice depends on my goals . |
| 4 | In Northern Regional Health Authority v Derek Crouch Construction Co Ltd [ 1984 ] 1 QB 644 , the Court of Appeal held that the courts do not have jurisdiction over certain types of building disputes because of the wording of the arbitration clause in the construction industry 's standard form contracts , and that the court should not alter agreed machinery for resolving disputes where that machinery has not broken down . |
| 5 | So I er , I politely told him what he could do with that , well , I was eating his dinner and I could n't be too rude to him , but erm , you know , when er when , when confronted , I do n't give ground over that kind of thing . |
| 6 | I do n't do business over here , this was an exception . ’ |
| 7 | We do n't take time over it . |
| 8 | A lot of countries do n't have control over their own economies , they do n't have control over things like whether of not people are going to have jobs , whether or not people are going to make a livelihood , whether or not people are going to even be able to live in the country , because in Ireland something like 1000 people a week are leaving the country in order to get work . |
| 9 | A lot of countries do n't have control over their own economies , they do n't have control over things like whether of not people are going to have jobs , whether or not people are going to make a livelihood , whether or not people are going to even be able to live in the country , because in Ireland something like 1000 people a week are leaving the country in order to get work . |
| 10 | This is known , for reasons that I 'll point out in a second , as a macroscopic technique , and the currents were usually identified through replacement of ions selectively , and of course this can generally be done only in the external medium , because you do n't have control over the internal medium . |
| 11 | Well if you do n't have control over them , who does ? |
| 12 | But the trend in the motor industry at large has been in quite the opposite direction to the Chapman philosophy ; cars have not become lighter over the years but noticeably heavier and more complex . |