Example sentences of "was [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six weeks after battle was joined over the proposed ‘ rectification ’ of French spelling , the resistance fighters appear to have won the day . |
| 2 | Eventually , however , the navvies and engineers overcame the difficulties and the bridge was erected over the road and the foundations of the embankment were laid . |
| 3 | In France , a very tall but lightweight flèche was erected over the crossing . |
| 4 | When it came time to actually record the chosen composite solo , each note was checked over what seemed like millions of times . |
| 5 | One grenade was not found and was lobbed over a wall from one yard to another , injuring 40 prisoners . |
| 6 | Whitton almost broke the deadlock , rising to connect with a Frank Yallop cross , but his firm header was palmed over the top by Kelly . |
| 7 | It was formed over the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries by the Princes zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck , and displayed at Schloss Dyck , their picturesque Rhineland ‘ water-castle ’ in the north-west of the country near Düsseldorf . |
| 8 | But this time the England striker 's shot on the turn was diverted over the bar by Eric Young 's outstretched leg . |
| 9 | United started off like express trains despite that too weak lay off , in the second minute , Martin Foyle broke clear into the box on the left side , and from a tight angle goalkeeper Bob Bolder blocked the ball with his feet ; a minute later , Les Phillips ' shot was diverted over the crossbar by the foot of Alan Kernigan . |
| 10 | Enthusiasm was sustained over a number of weeks , read out in instalments to the class and eventually produced as a book . |
| 11 | The genius of the Dalmatians showed itself particularly in architecture , sculpture and literature , and their artistic output was sustained over many centuries from the builders of the early Christian churches of the seventh and eighth centuries to the eighteenth-century cathedral of Dubrovnik , and from Historia Salonitana , by the thirteenth-century Thomas , Archdeacon of Split , to the black comedies of Vlaho Stulli-Stulić , written in the closing years of the Ragusan republic and still performed today . |
| 12 | The man was stooped over the sign in a ragged butler 's outfit with trousers that were too short , exposing his white ankles . |
| 13 | The smoke from the incinerator made Harry blink and cough , but Morpurgo , who was stooped over the very top of it , seemed unaffected and still he paid his visitor no heed . |
| 14 | Priority was given over grammar-school building . |
| 15 | Circumstances can arise which are difficult to anticipate ; for example , one site with which the author was involved was situated over a mile from the sea , but part of the site was on ground made up from Elizabethan times and included a harbour wall . |
| 16 | The secular and religious authority enjoyed by this clan was recognized over the years in an ever wider area of the country , and during the seventh century the head of the clan used the title of emperor or empress on the Chinese model . |
| 17 | A golden shrine was placed over his tomb , with an image of Charles and the simple inscription : |
| 18 | Buddhism , like Hinduism from which it emerged , is also a scientific teaching , and the Swastika borrowed from the Hindus is a symbol of esoteric Buddhism and as such was placed over the heart of the Buddha , stamped on the breasts of departed Initiates and planted wherever Buddhists have left their mark . |
| 19 | With the body encased , the top lid — with the merest ghost of a form — was placed over the lip of the main case , as one would the lid of a shoe-box , and soldered with a 3/4-inch iron . |
| 20 | The links between politics and patronage can not have been beneficial to the efficiency of the customs service as a revenue-collecting agency , for all too often strong political interests could secure an important post for a man with little or no experience who was placed over the head of men far better qualified than himself , and presumably resentful of their own failure to secure advancement . |
| 21 | The idea that science should be expressed in someone else 's language , the compulsory ‘ the test-tube was placed over the bunsen burner ’ , may disadvantage many pupils but especially girls if that other language is seen to be part of the world of men . |
| 22 | pulverized cuttle-shell contained in a pounce-box , shaped like a pepper-caster , from which it was shaken over parchment and rubbed in to prepare the surface for writing . |
| 23 | A project to research the method was undertaken over a period of approximately one year on a part-time basis ; at various stages a number of different practitioners from management services disciplines were involved , each receiving some informal training on the principles and practice of soft systems analysis . |
| 24 | Whaddon saw their acceptance into the Combination as the first tentative step towards professional League football , and work was undertaken over the next five years on building and improving basic facilities at ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 25 | This case study was undertaken over a period of two months through a series of day visits to the school . |
| 26 | There was a banquet , shared by all his captains , when gold plate , money and villages were freely dispensed and no man , Mameluke or white , was favoured over the other . |
| 27 | The system was developed over a period of about 10 years and arrived on the market in three stages . |
| 28 | This reading skills course was developed over a four year period at the Faculty of Political Science in Bologna , Italy . |
| 29 | However , a resolution on implementation of the new election law was delayed over the issue of whether non-citizens resident in Estonia could vote or not . |
| 30 | The dividing line between a fixed ‘ site ’ and a portable ‘ find ’ is often a narrow one : for example , the site of the ship Mary Rose was excavated over a period of several years , but when the remains of the ship itself were eventually raised , they were treated like any other waterlogged find , albeit on a much larger scale . |