Example sentences of "[verb] to be [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nat 's Dachsteins , dropped on a piece of exposed ground , are frozen solidly to it , have to be prised free , and will need to be thawed over the stove . |
| 2 | ‘ Some serious talking will need to be done over the next few weeks . |
| 3 | Members of the project envisage that up to 50 more birds may need to be introduced over the next two years before a self-supporting sea eagle population can be established . |
| 4 | At least 14 submarines are expected to be scrapped over the next five years . |
| 5 | Since new SVQs are being accredited almost on a monthly basis , SCOTVEC is introducing ‘ SVQ Accreditation Update ’ which will list all accredited SVQs and those expected to be approved over the ensuing few months . |
| 6 | ‘ The worst that can happen … ’ she took a deep breath , hoping that this was the right thing to say ‘ … is that the baby has to be delivered over the next few days . ’ |
| 7 | It involves co-operation between both sides of the body : for instance , as one leg is put into a trouser-leg , the other holds the body upright ; a sweater has to be pulled over the head and then organized so that one 's arms can slide into the sleeves . |
| 8 | There are only three solutions : the owners can decide that the pleasure of having a cat in the home is greater than the distress of living with scratched furniture , or some kind of covering that cats hate to scratch has to be put over the sides of the furniture , or the cats have to be trained not to strop the furniture with their claws . |
| 9 | The baggage area behind that is quite spacious , although the small baggage door is only just big enough to allow a flight size case through , which means anything larger needs to be manhandled over the seats . |
| 10 | It is true that the elections resulted in a House fairly evenly balanced between the two parties , but the fact that the elections came to be fought over the issue of the Church in Danger meant that those Tories who were returned were in no mood for compromise , with the result that the new House proved extremely difficult for the ministry to manage . |
| 11 | Poles do not last forever of course , and have had to be replaced over the years . |
| 12 | We have expressed our wish to the council that we would like to be consulted over the detailed implementation of the conditions and sincerely hope that we will be allowed to play a constructive part in this process . |
| 13 | We would n't like to be hauled over the coals by the veterinary council for unprofessional conduct . ’ |
| 14 | The government appears to be divided over the issue . |
| 15 | all single men will have to be shot over the age of forty |
| 16 | A further 147,000 vehicles which can not be converted will have to be replaced over the same period by new ones equipped with catalytic converters . |
| 17 | But they will have to be shovelled over the side . |
| 18 | These will necessarily have to be spread over the next five or six years as , and when , resources become available . |
| 19 | BLUNDERING builders who have made residents ' lives a misery are set to be hauled over the coals by angry councillors . |
| 20 | They did n't want to be hit over the head like that , he concluded with his characteristic weary shrug . |
| 21 | It expresses particular concern about the fact that 10 per cent of England 's salty lagoons are projected to be lost over the next 20 years : " Their rarity , both in England and on a European scale , is such that their conservation is of the highest importance . " |
| 22 | Lay the slices up the sides , so that there are long flaps left to be folded over the enclosed the terrine . |
| 23 | Some specific tasks had to be tackled over the course of the project . |
| 24 | They went short on just about all the basic resources including water , which had to be transported over the fields in a two-wheeled handcart . |
| 25 | Bull said it still continues to be part of ACE Consortium , but only as far as desktop Intel-based systems are concerned : it refused to be drawn over the question of whether its relationship with IBM would result in it favouring OS/2 over Windows 3 , saying only that ‘ Windows is what our customers are buying today ’ . |