Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the four lead artists got on so well with each other was a distinct advantage in coping with the pressurised working schedules they were expected to maintain over the next year . |
| 2 | At nine o'clock on November 2 , two men were seen clambering over the gates of a warehouse in Tamworth Road , Croydon … |
| 3 | When they broke down the door the remains of her body were found scattered over the floor . |
| 4 | The same meeting also approved the Conveyances of the land from the Bolney Estate Company and Mr K.K. McKenzie , and the Trustees were authorised to pay over the sums of £3,000 and £1,000 respectively ( this is several weeks after part of the course had been opened for play ! ) , and Mr J. C. Walker , the Treasurer , was asked to draw up some proposals for the Club 's bye-laws . |
| 5 | Three blackened churches were left looming over the ruins of a town at least half destroyed . |
| 6 | The Lightweight club were hoping to bring over the new John Player Norton team to Kirkistown but because of problems with rules they were n't able to do so . |
| 7 | Previously Health Authorities were required to consult over the closure of any facilities . |
| 8 | In 1966 , as the doyen of Indian civil servants , he was recalled to preside over the report of a commission on the future of the Indian Foreign Service . |
| 9 | For instance , before the war , it was reported that he was heard to say over the telephone , in reply to an invitation from a leading London hostess , ‘ I should especially like to come , as I have not been to Hampstead since 1916 ’ . |
| 10 | It appears that the body was laid on a shallow lead tray with lip , and the upper section was shaped to fit over the body . |
| 11 | Sometimes the ghee ( clarified butter ) which was offered to pour over the plain rice was kept there along with big spoons for dishing up . |
| 12 | I took up my position near Dod as it was preferable to having my ear down the muzzle of Chase 's tuba and Martin was told to hang over the back of the truck as best he could . |
| 13 | For an awful moment I thought he was going to drive over the edge , but he stopped abruptly and we all got out . |
| 14 | He knew the cruelty she was going to witness over the next three months would be agony for her because , for some reason , she trusted animals far more than humans , but , like a nurse looking after animals in a vivisection clinic , he could n't prevent her pain , only alleviate it as much as possible . |
| 15 | Then there came it think it was the gearbox or something went on the gar , you know , because I tow a caravan , and the car just would n't pull the caravan , and it was going to cost over a thousand pounds and that like . |
| 16 | By the time they had been to make-up , and tramped back up the stairs to have another drink , a definite uneasiness was beginning to settle over the whole company . |
| 17 | Just as the family was beginning to get over the tragedy , Dawn 's older sister , Sheila , 6 , vanished from home and was found the next day , drowned in a canal . |
| 18 | Michael Smith was found slumped over the wheel of his blood-spattered Mercedes with a torn up photograph of Andria Horton on the seat beside him . |
| 19 | Lastly , the number of potential first-time buyers in their 20s was set to fall over the next two decades , reducing demand for homes . |
| 20 | She was craning to see over the shoulders of the people in front , and pushing Wayne 's hands away as he playfully offered to lift her . |
| 21 | The southern leaf of the double doors was fixed open against the wall and the opposite leaf was fixed closed over a new infilling cavity-wall construction of concrete blockwork ( Fig 39 ) and Plate 8 ) . |
| 22 | Bell was appointed to preside over an abolition which , in the event , proved impossible . |
| 23 | She was forced to bend over the hard-backed chair , her hands flat on the seat . |
| 24 | Chartered accountant Lord Spens , the merchant banker who was forced to resign over the Guinness Affair in 1986 , has issued writs against the Bank of England and Henry Ansbacher , his former employer . |
| 25 | If all the nuns were in Compline , if no one was spotted stealing over the convent walls , then the only logical conclusion was a professional assassin . |
| 26 | A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers . |
| 27 | ‘ I told Darren 's mother , who was standing watching over the machine that I Donington with Darren and make the alterations en route . |
| 28 | Bellowing , the thing was trying to reach over the stair-rail with its other encrusted , decomposing claw . |
| 29 | She was trying to get over the death of her husband , Michael Whitney , from a heart attack . |