Example sentences of "[noun sg] be over and the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | The battle was over and the future she had dreamed of lay all about her in hopeless ruins . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | Even if it were true that the war is over and the Serbs have won , victory will not bring stability to Bosnia & Hercegovina . |
| 10 | In 1649 the war was over and the king executed , but that summer a surprising turn of events took place in the Fens . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Damn Miles for wanting the information suppressed until the crisis was over and the shock could be minimized . |
| 14 | The rain was over and the night was now clear . |
| 15 | Hazel Hickson hopes referrals will increase now Newham 's strike is over and the department returns to normal . |
| 16 | I realised that once the tour of the assembly area was over and the lunch began my chances of nosing around would be minimal . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Once supper was over and the retainers had withdrawn , the wine jug was passed round and introductions were made . |
| 19 | Merchant bank Morgan Grenfell says the honeymoon is over and the implications for building societies could be serious . |
| 20 | His task is to provoke and stimulate , and it is completed once the lesson is over and the point has been grasped . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The honeymoon was over and the reality of what she had taken on began to dawn . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | SO THE US Presidential Election is over and The Dick Nixons are grieving once more . |
| 29 | 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' . |
| 30 | 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 . |