Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | No memorial was raised over a pauper 's grave . |
| 32 | The linen canvas was stretched over a chassis with two vertical crossbars and a chamfer bead used to lift the canvas off the chassis . |
| 33 | The museum , owned by U.S. Aerobatic Team member Kermit Weeks , was totally demolished by winds reported to have exceeded 200 mph — so strong that a DC-6 which had been parked at the airport was found over a mile away . |
| 34 | Hundreds of privately owned aircraft at Tamiami Airport were blown over and on top of each other , a parked DC–6 disappeared completely and was found over a mile away from its tie-down point on the Airport . |
| 35 | As shown in Fig. 3 for Na + influx into ROS membrane vesicles , the calmodulin effect on channel activity was observed over a Ca 2+ concentration of 50–300nM . |
| 36 | First a single card subject was viewed over a range of exposures and the results plotted ( Figure ) . |
| 37 | There were 16 cases of damage to vehicles including £300 damage to a vehicle in Larchfield Street , while paint was sprayed over a vehicle in Rydal Road . |
| 38 | The coin of Metapontum ( left ) , which was minted in the early fifth century BC , was struck over a coin of Corinth ( right ) . |
| 39 | Then he almost holed his 160-yard approach on the 18th , where the hole was cut over a bunker and just a few feet onto the green . |
| 40 | Army cadet John Szkudlapski , 11 , was out collecting Poppy money when a banger inside a tin can was hurled over a wall at him , leaving shrapnel in his leg . |
| 41 | The ensuing campaign , generally known as the Battle of Lemberg , was fought over a period of three weeks ( 23 August–12 September ) along a front of some 322kms/200mls between the rivers Vistula and Bug . |
| 42 | Assuming no overall change in the CAA 's activities , no cross-subsidy , and a policy of full cost recovery of actual work done , we estimate that the additional cost to our sector of the industry would mean an increase in all AOC charges and C o A charges of more than 1,000 per cent — clearly a preposterous situation which would effectively kill off our AOC sector even if the increase was spread over a number of years , and would thus be self-defeating since it would leave the airlines to pay more of the CAA 's overheads than they do now . |
| 43 | But the van hit the horse and Nicola , of Meliden Road , Prestatyn , was thrown over a hedge . |
| 44 | A nightdress was thrown over a chair and on the bedside table were an assortment of pill bottles . |
| 45 | A man , his face washed in an eerie red glow , was crouched over a fruit-machine . |
| 46 | Each model was tested using a Hubble parameter of h =0.5 and h =1 , and model ( 7 ) was tested over a range of neutrino masses . |
| 47 | The flowmeter output , in arbitrary perfusion units , was recorded over a period of 30–60 seconds at each location , and the mean of each such recording , ignoring easily identified artefacts due to peristalsis , was taken as a single measurement . |
| 48 | On May 22 the Deputy Speaker , Kalonzo Musyoka , was imprisoned over a land sale scandal . |
| 49 | The first , ‘ Introduction to Effective Management ’ was held over a Friday/Saturday in a hotel . |
| 50 | Called ‘ hot black ’ , it consisted of a stick of black greasepaint of which a small spoonful was held over a lit candle ; when it was melted , blobs of the hot grease would be put on each eyelash with a hairpin . |
| 51 | The sign , in faded letters , was suspended over a shop window cluttered with a dusty , neglected display of sickroom adjuncts and toilet articles along with dummy boxes and bottles and tins advertising baby foods and patent medicines . |
| 52 | Around 20 billion lire ( $13.5m ) was paid over a decade in a corrupt system that was , he said , ‘ nothing short of racketeering ’ . |
| 53 | This name was changed over a period of time to the name we know today , Rottweil . |
| 54 | ‘ What 's up ? ’ he asked Salome Search , who was draped over a sofa doing Mrs. Siddons impressions . |