Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know , I say that , and the , the only thing is I was upset over the Leah Manning , being taken off the ambulance you see and whether I will get back I 'm hoping I will because erm he said he will let me know before Christmas so I think he will , he came to Leah Manning to visit me any rights to see me about it , so it was good of him really |
| 2 | The commons needed little encouragement to join his opposition to the king 's demands , since further taxation was particularly unwelcome in the wake of recent extortionate taxes and purveyances ; as for the lords , they were concerned over the question of peerage rights which the archbishop had so astutely raised . |
| 3 | It was well over a half mile long , consisting of 2 military bands ; more than 100 mounted men ; well over 100 armed retainers on foot ; 50 Irvine archers in Lincoln green outfits ; the Duke of Atholl with a company of his Atholl Highlanders ; several open carriages ; trumpeters ; a jester on a mule ; Lord Eglinton as Lord of the Tournament ; Lady Jane Seymour as the Queen of Beauty ; and the 13 competing knights . |
| 4 | Many players , as it happened , were coming near to the age of retirement , so it was possible over a period of six or seven years to make the orchestra young again . |
| 5 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 6 | He was well over the limit and was banned from driving for a year . |
| 7 | But he was banned for a year — because he was well over the alcohol limit at the time . |
| 8 | Brian Lawrie is also contesting a finding that he was negligent over the loss of more than £18 million by the local authority in the affair . |
| 9 | In a letter to Darlington MP Michael fallon , Home Office minister Lord Ferrers said he was concerned over the issue . |
| 10 | Nevertheless he was optimistic over the prospects for a sale . |