Example sentences of "have [prep] be [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Poles do not last forever of course , and have had to be replaced over the years . |
| 5 | all single men will have to be shot over the age of forty |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But they will have to be shovelled over the side . |
| 8 | These will necessarily have to be spread over the next five or six years as , and when , resources become available . |
| 9 | Some specific tasks had to be tackled over the course of the project . |
| 10 | 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 . |