Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | What happened , happened up there , once , once that was lost on appeal , right , the whole of the handling of that by East Devon council just been poor , and then , what did they do , they decided to go for appeal , which was upheld over the garage . |
| 32 | In order to counteract the effects of malaria , they were frequently doped with opium , which was sold over the counter in the village shop or grown in the fens ( where Poppy Hill and Poppy Farm still exist as place-names ) . |
| 33 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 34 | Right bear in mind you are getting over a cold . |
| 35 | And he warned his opponents : ‘ If you are going over the top on me you 've got to put me out of the game . |
| 36 | It is quite acceptable to ask to sample before you buy , although this is only possible if you are purchasing over the counter . |
| 37 | So if you are foaming over the price of a pint , shop around for the special offers . |
| 38 | It 's funny but life seems infinitely sweeter ( you 're going over the top now ) ; anyway I thrive on challenges and this is the ultimate one . |
| 39 | " You and Lorne , you 're fighting over the girl . |
| 40 | For me , it depends on what you 're saying over the noise . |
| 41 | There 's something to have a bash at while you 're relaxing over the Christmas hols ! |
| 42 | Whatever you 're doing over the weekend of 28th/29th November , forget it , your time could be better spent … |
| 43 | She felt as if she were suspended over a chasm between a past that was dark and terrifying and a future that inexorably beckoned . |
| 44 | In times of civil disturbance they were also called upon to help in maintaining the king 's peace , as when in June 1234 the foresters of fee of all the royal forests of England were commanded to aid the sheriffs in arresting the malefactors who were roaming over the countryside as a result of the disturbances created by the Earl Marshal and his adherents . |
| 45 | Now you were standing over the road for five minutes unfortunately , but I hope during that time some of you used your eyes . |
| 46 | A divorced woman can only use her former husband 's contribution record to establish her right to the basic pension and only provided she contributes in her own right as soon as the marriage ends and she does not remarry ( unless she is divorced over the age of 60 ) . |
| 47 | It was faith in a God Who is watching over the world , and is active in it . |
| 48 | The blessing itself is made over a cup of wine in honour of the day ( ‘ Blessed art Thou , O Lord our God , King of the universe , who createst divers kinds of spices ’ ) which adds to the light of the Sabbath , symbolised by the candle , offering a fragrance and a beauty all its own . |
| 49 | P.C. Clifford , the driver of the car , got her name and address and a statement from her , though it does n't amount to anything more than that she was looking over the bridge and saw the body . |
| 50 | She was slumped over the steering wheel of her car . |
| 51 | When she was hit over the head with a brick and put off work for four months , she came back for more . |
| 52 | She had her backstage duties to attend to , and when she was was n't in front of the footlights she was hunched over the book in the prompt corner . |
| 53 | I just managed to catch her as she was going over the edge . ’ |
| 54 | She was bending over the dog , rubbing her cheek against its head . |
| 55 | She was bending over the sail locker , and she jerked her head up to stare at him , dropping the lid with a bang , instantly suspicious . |
| 56 | Without thinking about it she was climbing over the wall . |
| 57 | I looked at the handset , then up at my father , who was leaning over the rail from the floor above , tucking his pyjama top into his trousers . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | He was created a baronet of Ireland 27 April 1624 , aged about twenty-one , probably through the influence of his uncle , Sir Dudley Norton , secretary for Ireland , and admitted to Gray 's Inn in 1629 , being a contemporary there of John Bradshaw [ q.v. ] , who was to preside over the king 's trial , John Cook [ q.v. ] , who was to prosecute the king , and John Alured the regicide [ q.v . ] . |
| 60 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |