Example sentences of "was over and the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The rain was over and the night was now clear . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Damn Miles for wanting the information suppressed until the crisis was over and the shock could be minimized . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In 1649 the war was over and the king executed , but that summer a surprising turn of events took place in the Fens . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I realised that once the tour of the assembly area was over and the lunch began my chances of nosing around would be minimal . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | The ‘ false dawn of courtesy ’ was over and the pupils really did accept each other . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The honeymoon was over and the reality of what she had taken on began to dawn . |
| 19 | Like the crooks pursued by the hero in Calling Bulldog Drummond ( 1951 ) , for whom ‘ life in peacetime seemed unbearably flat ’ , or the ex-officers who take over their old ship for smuggling runs across the Channel in the Ship that Died of Shame ( 1955 ) , or The League of Gentlemen ( 1960 ) , for whom robbing a bank promises their ‘ finest hour ’ , many filmmakers seemed to feel that there was nothing to do , now the war was over and the hopes of peace had faded , than go back to the site of old glories . |
| 20 | The battle was over and the future she had dreamed of lay all about her in hopeless ruins . |
| 21 | In the tent that night we eat smoked trout and Odd-Knut tells us that the previous year there was a fight on his team and after it was over and the dogs were moving again he saw blood on the snow . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | On the day they had gone , when the summer was over and the skies grey and a wind blowing , he had thought of that image . |
| 24 | She did this quickly as visiting time was over and the staff were anxious for us to leave . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Once supper was over and the retainers had withdrawn , the wine jug was passed round and introductions were made . |