Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was over the moon for Tom , but I was also cold , wet , and in agony with my legs . |
| 2 | I was over the moon . |
| 3 | I was over the moon at the thought of showing my pals and class-mates a real American dollar . |
| 4 | I was over the moon . |
| 5 | I was over the moon — although this only lasted for about a year as I paid a visit with some friends to see the 1991 ‘ Sound Off Championships ’ at Wembley . |
| 6 | I was over the moon . |
| 7 | ‘ When I found out they were still alive I was over the moon . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I was over the moon , ’ she said . |
| 9 | But I then put the Whitley into the most desperate dive , everything in the cabin was floating , and before the Foxes could turn round and do anything about , it I was over the Channel , I landed at Manston where I was put under arrest immediately . |
| 10 | That was hard work all the time , my hands my hands used to chap on the backs , used to chap hands and that was only , I was over the wind , I wind and , and er when I used to scrub the cabin out which was with washing soda and soft soap and when you went along cos that was you get , you get erm , ordinary washing soda on the back of your hands and they did n't supply anything then . |
| 11 | ‘ The Colonel said you were over the moon when he broke the news to you . ’ |
| 12 | In the new Britain you were over the hill at twenty-five , never mind forty . |
| 13 | This last point could assume importance if , say , you were over the age of 50 or working in a field where the supply of skills exceeds demand . |
| 14 | This last point could assume importance if , say , you were over the age of 50 or working in a field where the supply of skills exceeds demand . |
| 15 | Yeah , she was over the moon with it though , was n't she ? |
| 16 | She was over the moon with it |
| 17 | ‘ She was over the moon . |
| 18 | Samson yowled , let go , and she was over the back of the counter crouching down , pushing and wriggling through stinking legs and skirts that reeked of an unwashed lifetime . |
| 19 | She played those games — anything to keep the girls children as long as possible and not face up to the fact that she was over the hill . |
| 20 | We slashed across the shank of the island , then we were over the anchorage and I had a glimpse of a sailing boat 's shadow black on the bed of the lagoon before our own winged shadow whipped across a gaggle of powerboats . |
| 21 | ‘ We were over the moon and had a great sense of achievement — as if we 'd done something terribly clever , ’ says Susi , who has just given birth to her first baby . |
| 22 | Underfoot the ice creaked and groaned dubiously : we were over the sea . |
| 23 | We were over the lagoon now , racing towards the northern strands of the Devil 's Necklace , but low enough so that the wash of our twin propellers was whipping the blue water into a wake of white-hazed foam . |
| 24 | Once they were over the shock she was accepted as being a decorative new addition to the team . |
| 25 | And then they were over the bar into a small , natural harbour and the deck steadied beneath her feet as Penry piloted the boat skilfully into a mooring where the Angharad would wait for their return . |
| 26 | The Princesse came to greet them as soon as they were over the threshold . |
| 27 | He would leave his position once they were over the target and would ‘ talk ’ the pilot over the target before releasing the bombs . |
| 28 | Once they were over the channel , Biggins spoke into the intercom , |
| 29 | As soon as they were over the bridge , a driveway cut off to the left and their way was barred by huge wrought-iron gates . |
| 30 | Then they were over the coral , clear of it . |