Example sentences of "they [am/are] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three of them are presiding over us like a tribunal . |
| 2 | Fall-rise and rise-fall tones , however , can be quite difficult to recognise when they are extended over tails , since their characteristic pitch movements are often broken up or distorted by the structure of the syllables they occur on . |
| 3 | The main concern of this chapter is to complete the description of intonational form , including analysis of perhaps the most difficult aspect , that of recognising fall-rise and rise-fall tones when they are extended over a number of syllables . |
| 4 | They are flying over Lonesome Snapper . |
| 5 | They are stepping over the invisible , moralistic Maginot Line of the old culture of opposition . |
| 6 | Often such a panel gives early warning of changes in public opinion where they are consulted over several years . |
| 7 | Today they are run over enclosed circuits and NASCAR races are now among the most popular in the United States . |
| 8 | Somebody er to whom the erm er er matters could be referred er whom er could remove trustees er who are er not acting in er the best interests er of the fund erm to whom er I understand that the erm beneficiaries could er appeal if they felt that their fund was being erm used i in the wrong way which is something that we have n't got at the moment erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees and the answer is that most of them are employed , and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going and redundancies are being made . |
| 9 | Erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees , and the answer that most of them are employed and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going , redundancies are being made , you 've got a pensioner employee er a pensioner trustee on there , and they 're not looking over their shoulder for their job , they are going to do the job of a trustee and watch the fund and they would then be able to go to the regulator if they saw something that was amiss , but if somebody is employed by the firm might be very worried about doing because they 're more bothered about keeping their job . |
| 10 | From poverty to Giorgio Armani takes no time at all , and in that brief time , if there is some uncertainty and a few wrong turns , they are contemplated over elaborate meals in good restaurants . |
| 11 | The writer is very necessary as scripts often need to be re-vamped on the spot if they are running over time or do n't sound right . |
| 12 | They are laid over the existing floor surface ; most are tongued-and-grooved , so only occasional mailing or clipping is required to hold them in place . |
| 13 | These goals reflect the backgrounds ( values , beliefs and experiences ) of individuals and do not emerge fully formed at 20 years of age ; they are acquired over long periods , and particularly during childhood . |
| 14 | Now they are scrapping over the same pound — and over the betting levy , which the Horserace Betting Levy Board redistributes from punters to those who run the racing business . |
| 15 | Through ethnographic research set in Albany , New York , a team of anthropologists from Queen 's University , Belfast , will investigate the range of beliefs and practices connected with Ireland that are current among Albany 's Irish-American population ; how Ireland and ‘ being Irish ’ in America are represented in everyday life , how they are distributed over the generations , and they may vary along socio-economic dimensions . |
| 16 | With the Castle Banquet , for example , you might say , " Look at this wonderful cake they 're baking over here . |
| 17 | They 're staying over the week-end . ’ |
| 18 | In terms of the A fifty nine and A nineteen north , again they 're operating over capacity . |
| 19 | So may , you may have a bay for example that 's in an area where all the rivers draining into it are rich in copper because they 're running over rocks which are copper . |
| 20 | ‘ Somebody called from the London office to know if you 'd be interested in a revival of South Pacific they 're planning over there . ’ |
| 21 | They 're opening the door now , they 're coming over the roof with a net . |
| 22 | Gerry had seen his face and they got to go and look at the mug shots and all that and er longlegs had been informed across the road because they 'd got er a camera that works and er they got in touch with the , they told the police about it and so they 're going over there to see if it 's been recorded you see . |
| 23 | Yeah , I mean that 's six blokes there working there and they 're falling over theirselves really , in that |
| 24 | They 're fighting over here . |
| 25 | They 're pouring over here , the last contingents , to see the fun . |