Example sentences of "with [pers pn] over the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came out with a wonderful phrase which has stayed with me over the years . |
| 2 | The Templars were crushed but some of them remained as a secret coven and I have crossed swords with them over the years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 … ’ |