Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [v-ing] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder I was struggling over money ! |
| 2 | Most case histories begin , once the patient is comfortable in his chair , ‘ Well doctor , it all started the morning I was cycling over Battersea Bridge on my way to work … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You must let me know your secret , ’ Sam laughed , when Luke finished , halted by the embarrassed blush which was spreading over Merrill 's face . |
| 4 | It fitted excellently with the wave of Anglo-Catholic feeling and nostalgia for the past which was passing over England . |
| 5 | Private steel companies sought injunctions against the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation who were calling on workers in the private sector of the steel industry to come out on strike to support workers in the public sector who were striking over pay . |
| 6 | One thing baffles me about that , Lord Wilson : you were Prime Minister , you were the boss , you were presiding over Cabinet government . |
| 7 | He said where were you and I said you were crying over Mo . ’ |
| 8 | They fussed over her as though she were a sick child , then , once the X-rays were completed , returned her to Penry , who was chatting over coffee with Sister Concepta in her office . |
| 9 | When we were flying over Holland I did steel myself to look out and I remember seeing where miles of land had been submerged under sea water to keep the Germans out , and houses , trees and roads were still under water . |
| 10 | One year , some ethologists caught and marked ( with rings around the birds ' legs ) a number of starlings as they were flying over Holland , put them in some aeroplanes , flew them to Switzerland , and released them . |
| 11 | They were passing over North Gate Bridge , and below them the River Lee flowed on to Cork harbour and the open sea . |
| 12 | At the same time a platoon from A Company were finishing their week attached to the 1st Battalion the Danish Life Regiment , during which time they were thundering over training areas in the Danish Ml 13 Armoured Personnel Carrier . |
| 13 | She says they were quarrelling over money and women . ’ |
| 14 | After convincing contractors , with whom it was fighting over cost overruns , not to disrupt the fete , its shares were knocked when anaylsts given a preview were reportedly unamused . |
| 15 | Harry 's eyes and mouth stretched : then he was leaning over Joe and gripping Martin 's shoulder , saying , ‘ You have n't … it is n't ? ’ |