Example sentences of "[pron] were [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is necessary to find out as precisely as possible how often it was committed , whether or not there were regional variations in its frequency , and if there were changes over time . |
| 2 | Although Pond praised him as a ‘ middle-class Englishman … the personification of all their sterling traits and sturdy characteristics ’ , there were problems over whether or not he should have taken a fee for giving a eulogy on his friend , Henry Ward Beecher , at Beecher 's Brooklyn church . |
| 3 | Nadim Bashir , defending , said Fulcher , of Spencerfield Crescent , Thorntree , Middlesbrough , now accepted his marriage was over but at the time of the incident there were problems over access to their children . |
| 4 | A chain linking her handcuffs was tied to a bar above her , and Sams warned there were boulders over her head . |
| 5 | Then there were difficulties over transport . |
| 6 | The screws half the time would leave tab-ends on purpose and there were fights over who would have them . |
| 7 | There were criticisms over police costs that spread beyond the question of police pay : |
| 8 | Although a settlement was negotiated in 1970 , there were disputes over its implementation and troubles continued throughout the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 9 | This affected only a few thousand people , however , and on June 9 there were protests over the restrictions by Israeli employers whose businesses were threatened , forcing the authorities to lower the age limit to 25 and drop the 10-employee rule . |
| 10 | There were tracks over the snow and we followed them that day . |