Example sentences of "they [verb] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then collected cheque books for that account and used them to obtain over £7,000 in cash and property . |
| 2 | Similarly , A-level zoologists quickly overcome the unease they develop over pork on learning about the tapeworm ‘ s ( Taenia solium ) exotic lifestyle . |
| 3 | On Friday they added over £220 to that healthy total , by holding a sale to raise funds to be divided between the Baicoi orphanage in Romania and research into cot death syndrome . |
| 4 | They weep over muck like that on their side , too . ’ |
| 5 | Louis promised to help the Poitevins recover their losses , while they handed over hostages as a guarantee that they would keep their side of the bargain . |
| 6 | For example , last year they collected over £2,500 for a variety of charities . |
| 7 | When they took over power from the king , the ‘ magnates of the Council ’ on 11 September 1259 appointed Thomas Gresley , a reformer baron , as Justice of the southern forests , and later confirmed John d'Eyville , also a reformer baron , as Justice of the northern forests . |
| 8 | He was laughed to scorn for returning with tales of people who actually ate the nests of birds , which they boiled over fires of burning black stones — seven centuries before the same black stones were discovered and harnessed in Europe to fuel the Industrial Revolution . |
| 9 | They do need an acid leafy soil , but they score over rhododendrons through being much more tolerant of dry summers , as the past three seasons have demonstrated . |
| 10 | They hand over responsibility to teenage , growing up and growing away , young people , who should gradually feel they are in charge of their own lives , and eventually become fully independent . |
| 11 | To the amount shown above that applies to you , add one of the following amounts for each additional child in your family unless they have over £3000 in savings : |
| 12 | He threatened a sub-postmistress , Margaret Glen , and her assistant , Marion Gardiner , and forced them to hand over £1,000 in takings . |
| 13 | The Public Utilities Holding Companies Act was also seen as an attack on big business ; this gave powers to the Securities Exchange Commission to dissolve the giant holding companies that between them controlled over 90% of the nation 's electric power output . |