Example sentences of "[was/were] in [noun sg] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the square a Quaker choir was performing , and old men in heavy overcoats were in uproar over a game of chess . |
| 2 | Davies and Newman Holdings and Richard Branson were in discussion over the possible rescue of Dan-Air by Virgin Atlantic . |
| 3 | Apparently , King John and Philippe II of France were in dispute over the duchy of Normandy , and agreed to settle the matter by single combat . |
| 4 | The probability must be that Ceolwulf and Ecgberht were in accord over the future of the diocese of Hexham and that both approved of Acca 's continued exclusion . |
| 5 | American policy was in disarray over the appropriate response to the communist threat in the small South-East Asian state of Laos . |
| 6 | A bus link between Welshpool and Shrewsbury was in operation over the weekend of 26th-27th January due to construction work on the A5/A49 Shrewsbury bypass . |
| 7 | ‘ When I arrived for training this morning , my wife had been on three times and I thought something had happened to my little girl , who was in hospital over the weekend . |