Example sentences of "went [adv prt] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secret talks with the government , which went on over a period of more than a year , were also broken off . |
| 2 | I think this is one of the essentials in Harlow and something that people should not forget , that is that , although there is a great deal of criticism possibly of the standard of building that went on over the years of the Development Corporation , compared with what most people came from , there was a very great elevation both in quality and in ideas . |
| 3 | Oh yes they did for , for the increase in traffic I mean that er that er went on over the years gradually creep , creep , creep on until the whole atmosphere of the place was er I do n't know improved should you say or not I do n't know whether it 's er well it certainly has n't improved but erm it changed , it was such a lovely little place really , and of course you could run across the road whenever you liked I mean we used to play in Street of picking out in a sweet shop window er a name be Cadbury 's or chocolate or something you 'd be standing across the road and you 'd be running backwards and forwards backwards and forwards , there was no sign of anyone getting run over cos there was nothing about , and when I was a kid going to the Bluecoat School I 'd run across that bridge every morning without looking right or left , because if anything had hit me , well nothing used to be coming you could see a tram coming but oh there was nothing else at that time in the morning oh no it was , would n't like to run across today . |
| 4 | Work went on over the Summer Holiday of 1980 to ensure that the Convent buildings would be ready for the new term , when there would be girls in both the Sixth Form and the First Form . |
| 5 | My job essentially was to introduce general management , and therefore I er , I was able to use many of the skills which I had acquired in I B M , but of course , I was also part of the Griffiths debate , here I 'm talking about Griffiths Two , not Griffiths One , I was implementing Griffiths One , which was general management , Griffiths Two was a community , the community debate , so I saw something , which I 'm certainly not allowed to quote , of the great debates that went on over the period of eighteen months before the eventual decision was made about community care . |
| 6 | As the coal went down over the winter months , these boards would be taken away to lower the height . |
| 7 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |
| 8 | ‘ Things are obviously becoming very busy and I went in over the weekend to do a bit of work . |
| 9 | The seasons , if they are important enough , can grab people 's attention in the way that you would n't if the programmes just went out over a period of 16 or 20 weeks . |
| 10 | Brian Guthrie interviewed Mary , Mavin Shulver ( who had gone along for support ) and some Class members , and the Broadcast went out over the air on the following Saturday . |
| 11 | When they had completed their task , they went back over the language of their exchange , noting the semantic field of the vocabulary , listing alternative lexis and structure which was synonymous in meaning with what they had used . |
| 12 | Salisbury listened , turned to the heralds in discussion , and then without further remark went back over the ditches . |