Example sentences of "be over and the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , when the forty days of mourning a death are over and the women in the family who have foregone food or combing their hair can start a normal life again , it is their female friends and sisters who cook for them and comb and oil their hair . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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' . |
| 7 | It is vital to check the actual flying speed the instant the side-slip is over and the ASI is back in normal operation . |
| 8 | SO THE US Presidential Election is over and The Dick Nixons are grieving once more . |
| 9 | Merchant bank Morgan Grenfell says the honeymoon is over and the implications for building societies could be serious . |
| 10 | Now we know what the political masters of the multi-national force in the Gulf intend to do with the Middle East , once the war with Iraq is over and the Saddam Hussein regime , along with its creator , has been eliminated . |
| 11 | Hazel Hickson hopes referrals will increase now Newham 's strike is over and the department returns to normal . |
| 12 | Even if it were true that the war is over and the Serbs have won , victory will not bring stability to Bosnia & Hercegovina . |
| 13 | His task is to provoke and stimulate , and it is completed once the lesson is over and the point has been grasped . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | At last the formal part of the proceedings is over and the recruits are united with their friends and relations . |
| 17 | The little knots of people that formed as usual outside the church after Mass was over and the bells were tumbling out their soft dismissal song had plenty to discuss . |
| 18 | When evening came , or rather when lousing-time came ( lousing-time was when the day 's work was over and the horses were loosened from the yoke ) , they were then handed over more or less to us children . |
| 19 | The rain was over and the night was now clear . |
| 20 | The girls took advantage of the boys ' sudden inability to catch or shoot and before long the game was over and the girls won 12–8 . |
| 21 | Tipperary were to see controversies eventually over the waste disposal habits of the mining companies , but these controversies arose after the mining was over and the companies had packed their bags and gone . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | Damn Miles for wanting the information suppressed until the crisis was over and the shock could be minimized . |
| 24 | The city was just recovering from one of the usual bouts of plague which come in late winter ; its citizens , however , sensed the worst was over and the streets buzzed like an overturned hive . |
| 25 | In 1649 the war was over and the king executed , but that summer a surprising turn of events took place in the Fens . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I realised that once the tour of the assembly area was over and the lunch began my chances of nosing around would be minimal . |
| 28 | When the meal was over and the tables had been cleared of everything except the wine and the cups , one of the Altun stood up . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | The ‘ false dawn of courtesy ’ was over and the pupils really did accept each other . |