Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the US Marine Corps ' 2 Division stormed ashore at Tarawa in November 1943 , a third of the 5,000 marines landing on the first day were casualties because the Japanese were well prepared and the tide played fateful tricks over the reefs . |
| 2 | However , Thomas 's case was concerned with the question whether the courts and the visitor had concurrent jurisdictions over such disputes . |
| 3 | Troops were deployed in the province for the first time on Feb. 1 , and on Feb. 2 the government used low-flying jets over Pristina in a show of force ; at this time no military action had been taken against the demonstrators . |
| 4 | The report expressed serious concerns over the lack of medicines , food , fuel , transport , clean water supplies and operating sewage systems . |
| 5 | In Birmingham the survey covered 160,000 houses over a forty-eight square mile area although the 75,000 reports turned in were officially recognized as ‘ unreliable ’ due to ignorance or incomplete forms . |