Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | One year , some ethologists caught and marked ( with rings around the birds ' legs ) a number of starlings as they were flying over Holland , put them in some aeroplanes , flew them to Switzerland , and released them . |
| 2 | The film was responsible at the time for the tremendous popularity of the bar and , whenever Yates or Dustin went into it , they were sent over a bottle of champagne by the management . |
| 3 | In so much that , they were dithering over other things that we think |
| 4 | Just as they were puzzling over the next move the man rang back to tell them that they were on a wild goose chase . |
| 5 | Both Billy and Tony had praised his coolness , and they were puzzling over the fate of their confederates . |
| 6 | they were looking over it |
| 7 | They were shouting over the sides as the ships came up close , exchanging nonsense and laughing . ’ |
| 8 | They were leaning over the shelter putting more earth round the walls when Zach arrived . |
| 9 | They were passing over North Gate Bridge , and below them the River Lee flowed on to Cork harbour and the open sea . |
| 10 | At the same time a platoon from A Company were finishing their week attached to the 1st Battalion the Danish Life Regiment , during which time they were thundering over training areas in the Danish Ml 13 Armoured Personnel Carrier . |
| 11 | As they walked along , weaving through the little groups of fighting or jesting juniors , the three boys were discussing what they were to do over the weekend . |
| 12 | She says they were quarrelling over money and women . ’ |
| 13 | They were spread over a wide expanse of riverbank , back at the twisting curling Shannon river once more . |
| 14 | They were walking over the deep sun-baked mud-tracks of the lane and you had to watch where you put your feet if you did n't want to twist your ankle . |
| 15 | The two Bf110s had crashed nearby , and ‘ … they were scattered over a wide area — we all went out to view the wrecks . |
| 16 | On this occasion they were accompanied over the later stages by Pagon and Sellwood , the two British ladies ' K1s , also bringing up the rear of their class . |
| 17 | Not a lot of point having a fence there they were climbing over it . |
| 18 | they were climbing over a massive wall to get into a cemetery that they 're not meant to go into |
| 19 | From being able to cope just about ) with everyday life they were tipped over the edge into breakdown , from which only a few were able to re-emerge . |
| 20 | than than they were quoted over the phone but |
| 21 | Wars were never cheap , but they were fought over such a span that they became progressively more costly . |
| 22 | ‘ Statues of the gods once stood in the niches that surround us , but they were borrowed over the centuries and not returned . |
| 23 | They were falling over one another to get on the winning side . ’ |
| 24 | And I became pregnant again and they were falling over themselves to do an abortion for me . |
| 25 | They were sweeping over the ancient continent of Africa , the everlasting wastelands of the desert no more than a patch on a great patchwork quilt . |
| 26 | No — they were wallpapering , and I was the wall — they were papering over me ! |
| 27 | Soon they were laughing over the melodrama of it ; how quickly he had seemed to arrive at death 's door , and how absurdly soon afterwards he was stuffing his face and bouncing with health . |
| 28 | They were reminiscing over the times they had worked together , and this she found irritating . |
| 29 | cos there was lawns and flower beds and everything , you see , and they was going over it . |
| 30 | they was pouring over us . |