Example sentences of "be over and the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It possesses no clear Coda , no signal that the events of the narrative are over and the narrator is , so to speak , giving up the floor . |
| 2 | Whatever , once the battles were over and the cacique 's tribe had won , the man made Balboa a gift — a quantity of gold ornaments so gaudy and so valuable that squabbling broke out among the Spaniards as to who should have which piece , how much the minor colonial leaders should get , how much Balboa himself should receive . |
| 3 | It is four months before Stig is well enough to walk properly , and by then winter is over and the race has passed , with Odd-Knut making the top ten but no higher because of the loss . |
| 4 | However , when the summer is over and the bothy is left with 200 whisky bottles , each sporting a candle stump in the neck , their usefulness has to be questioned . |
| 5 | Addressing a seminar on ‘ 500 Years of Evangelisation in the Americas ’ , held prior to WACC 's Central Committee meeting , Mr McKay stressed that ‘ the era of mission is over and the experience of healing must begin' . |
| 6 | It is vital to check the actual flying speed the instant the side-slip is over and the ASI is back in normal operation . |
| 7 | Hazel Hickson hopes referrals will increase now Newham 's strike is over and the department returns to normal . |
| 8 | His task is to provoke and stimulate , and it is completed once the lesson is over and the point has been grasped . |
| 9 | Whether that intention of Mrs will continue once this case is over and the plaintiff is awarded damages of the size involved here , or whether an alternative beneficiary will be found , can not be certain . |
| 10 | Paradoxically , the arguments in favour of higher taxes which brought the euphoria to an end have also been directly strengthened by a growing feeling of confidence that the recession is over and the start of a recovery is imminent , so that the economy can now stand some tougher treatment from the Chancellor . |
| 11 | The rain was over and the night was now clear . |
| 12 | However , it turned out to be a very relaxed meeting , so much so that when the private session was over and the press were invited in to take photographs , the Prince said to the Pope , ‘ Let me introduce you to my press corps . ’ |
| 13 | Damn Miles for wanting the information suppressed until the crisis was over and the shock could be minimized . |
| 14 | In 1649 the war was over and the king executed , but that summer a surprising turn of events took place in the Fens . |
| 15 | The immediate strike threat was over and the union had demonstrated its ability to control the men ; the formal establishment of the National Maritime Board remained . |
| 16 | I realised that once the tour of the assembly area was over and the lunch began my chances of nosing around would be minimal . |
| 17 | By 1818 , when the War of Independence was over and the Republican Revolution can be said to have been won , America had rejected both the Crown and religious establishment , and had accepted a creed that granted religious toleration and the ‘ natural rights of man ’ . |
| 18 | For years , he had pitted himself against it , aware that it would mean the time for worrying about the future was over and the time for action had arrived . |
| 19 | Before the worst was over and the pound began to depreciate again , some twenty per cent of them had gone for ever , and a further ten per cent were so weakened that they too shut down in the next two years . |
| 20 | Once the meal was over and the thanksgiving intoned , Corbett whispered to Ranulf to return to their chamber while he sought an interview with the Prior . |
| 21 | The honeymoon was over and the reality of what she had taken on began to dawn . |
| 22 | The battle was over and the future she had dreamed of lay all about her in hopeless ruins . |
| 23 | The war was over and the Empire had won — or that is how the politicians presented the result of the match between Britain and Germany . |
| 24 | The party was over and the house was in darkness when he pulled up in the courtyard and accompanied her through the front door into the hall . |