Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] be [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then she flew high over the site of Callanish above the men and the fallen bodies of her kind which were scattered over the site . |
| 2 | that early intervention is the best way of coping with it , and certainly it demands that parents and friends and teachers , and people concerned are aware of any change which is sustained over a period because by early intervention then you 're probably coping with the problem rather than the eating disorder , because the problem is there before the eating disorder . |
| 3 | The Party 's policy on Spain had also been radically altered amid the great enthusiasm which was felt over the resistance of the Republican Government . |
| 4 | Not the tiny ones which came packed tight in tins , but a fresh plump eight- or nine-inch variety which were grilled over charcoal in the open air . |
| 5 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 6 | The links between politics and patronage can not have been beneficial to the efficiency of the customs service as a revenue-collecting agency , for all too often strong political interests could secure an important post for a man with little or no experience who was placed over the head of men far better qualified than himself , and presumably resentful of their own failure to secure advancement . |
| 7 | The blessing itself is made over a cup of wine in honour of the day ( ‘ Blessed art Thou , O Lord our God , King of the universe , who createst divers kinds of spices ’ ) which adds to the light of the Sabbath , symbolised by the candle , offering a fragrance and a beauty all its own . |
| 8 | We 've had quite a busy afternoon , Mr Andropulos , and at the moment we 're anchored over a plane that crashed into the sea just about the time we were receiving your SOS . ’ |
| 9 | Each microchip carries a unique code , which can be read using a special scanner which is passed over the area where the chip is implanted . |
| 10 | an organisation which is spread over a wide geographical area is likely to decentralise authority on a regional basis , so that different cultures might predominate in different regions ; and |
| 11 | On this occasion they were accompanied over the later stages by Pagon and Sellwood , the two British ladies ' K1s , also bringing up the rear of their class . |
| 12 | As he headed for St Margaret 's Grove he was bundled over the fence into the field . |
| 13 | Of course , quite a lot of them do — putting down on paper what was agreed over the phone to be produced in evidence if the other side claims they never did , for example . |
| 14 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones separate the bog garden from the pool proper and retains the peaty mixture which is placed over a layer of gravel . |
| 15 | From being able to cope just about ) with everyday life they were tipped over the edge into breakdown , from which only a few were able to re-emerge . |
| 16 | He asks for our opinions on a leggy model who 's draped over a sunlit verandah . |
| 17 | Once back in training he was put over fences : after unseating Champion at Newbury he won at Ascot on 1 April 1977 and was soon being singled out by his connections as a future Grand National winner . |
| 18 | The second example comes from the growth of EPoSS ( Electronic Point of Sale Scanning ) in retailing , in other words the increasingly common barcode which is passed over a scanning device linked to the cash register . |
| 19 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 20 | I do n't know , maybe that 's just the way it 's done over there . |
| 21 | The name Heryng is found often connected with Halling and another name we find is that of John Hostier , who in 1268 , was bailiff here , for in this year he was questioned over the Bishop 's land at Halling . |
| 22 | These results introduce an immunologically-important , putative LCR which can be used to target genes to cells of the B cell lineage , as well as to other class II MHC expressing cells , and highlight the importance of chromatin structure analysis as a means to locate DNA regions of regulatory interest which are dispersed over a large distance . |
| 23 | In contrast , a fixed rate mortgage has a constant rate of interest which is charged over a specified period . |