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

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1 And he said , Well what would you prefer , go to school quietly or come with me over the hedge to have a spanking .
2 No wonder he was short with me over the phone .
3 He came out with a wonderful phrase which has stayed with me over the years .
4 Usually we ring them up , have a short conversation with them over the phone and then take it from there . ’
5 It is a wise precaution to meet new clients , rather than to deal with them over the telephone or by correspondence .
6 He was enthusiastic about the paper being located in Manchester , whereas Pilger had clashed with them over the move .
7 This time Mr and Mrs Dare were alone , and she enjoyed the half-hour she spent with them over the study fire .
8 The Templars were crushed but some of them remained as a secret coven and I have crossed swords with them over the years .
9 somebody 's going to have to spend a bit of time with them over the week about the presume I 'm gon na have the time
10 Yes , they did that so my That old great grandfathers of mine they went fr from here to Arbroath with theirs over the hill .
11 ‘ I can not take issue with you over the matter of my past character , ’ he said , and smiled , dissembling the truth of his emotions .
12 In deference to the apparent madness of King George III he agreed to the Lord Chamberlain 's proposal , as play censor , to omit Shakespeare 's King Lear from the repertory which told of a monarch similarly afflicted ; but clashed with him over The School for Scandal , the objections to which , however , he managed to resolve , bringing him a period of near prosperity .
13 Not only had I had that run in with him over the rehearsals but he was also the fussiest teacher in the school when it came to long hair .
14 He had several pets : a grey cat Maria , Shep the sheepdog who went everywhere with him over the fields , several birds including a lame pigeon that he loved to tease Maria with ; and one spring he reared a wild duck from the egg of an abandoned nest and was upset for weeks after the October day it finally flew away .
15 She lived there with him over the shop , did n't she ?
16 Disagreeing with him over the patients ' preparatory period before inoculation , which he proposed to reduce from a month to eight or ten days , and recommending an open-air regime instead of confinement indoors following inoculation , Sutton left to set up his own practice at Ingatestone , Essex , in October 1763 .
17 When the restorer was driven out of Bohemia in 1945 , he managed — and this was truly a miracle — to take the picture with him over the frontier into Bavaria .
18 Now what I want you to do I want to just have a look at it now and I want you to play with it over the holiday on your own .
19 The hotel leaflet ends a few paragraphs on : ‘ The Newton has had many celebrities who have stayed with us over the years , including the late Harold Macmillan and Charlie Chaplin … ’
20 She 's been staying with us over the Christmas holiday . ’
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