Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The curtains were drawn over the windows looking towards Regent 's Park and he had n't turned on the light . |
| 32 | Regions of interest ( ROIs ) were drawn over the liver , spleen , lungs , and left kidney ensuring that the liver ROI excluded the descending aorta and right kidney ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 33 | It was warm and cosy ; crimson velvet curtains were drawn over the windows and the panelled walls glowed darkly . |
| 34 | ‘ We were shown over the house . |
| 35 | Reportedly a total of only 14 aircraft were sold over the two day event , and those that actually sold realised low prices , making it somewhat of a buyer 's market . |
| 36 | Special effects ( sounds of waves lapping against the side of the ship and seagull cries ) were played over the public address system , milling around the aircraft were groundcrew all dressed in period Navy uniforms , and then the order to start engines was given . |
| 37 | The favoured species , if that is the right adjective , tended to be locusts , pigs , and cattle , but Edward P. Evans , in his marvellous book , The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals , published in 1906 , lists numerous others , including eels , weevils , dolphins , and turtle-doves , that were prosecuted over the period AD 824–1906 . |
| 38 | The wine waiter came bustling along with the second bottle , compliments were exchanged over the wine , trout was selected and discussed . |
| 39 | Shell became knowledgeable about the possible pitfalls of RFI when , five years ago , objections were raised over the company 's plan to site a gas-separation plant near a NATO radio transmitter in St Fergus , Scotland . |
| 40 | Doubts were raised over the course of events during the revolution , with the NSF accused of being already in existence six months before Dec. 22 , waiting in the wings and " stealing " the revolution from those who made it . |
| 41 | Questions were raised over the fabrication of evidence . |
| 42 | If the event were duplicated over the whole country on a week on week basis you could multiply Susan and Vera 's conversation many times over . |
| 43 | Two rooms and a telephone were reserved for the CAB and , with a list of appointments prepared by the company , clients were called over the tannoy system to avoid queues . |
| 44 | In the main factory , heads were bent over the new German sewing-machines in which Rose had recently invested . |
| 45 | Governors were blasted over the weak financial plan for the voluntary aided Rupert Road school . |
| 46 | Large tarpaulins were pulled over the hold whenever it rained , and most of the crew slept in their shelter . |
| 47 | Is he aware of the work that the Scottish Knitwear Council has been doing with departmental officials showing that in 1990 a total of 123,000 knitted garments in cashmere coming from China were dumped over the quota agreed ? |
| 48 | Schoolchildren in the US and the UK were linked over the system as they used their personal computers for discussion of the environment . |
| 49 | Fortnightly intramuscular injections of 50 mg mycocrisin were administered over the next three months . |
| 50 | After a short break , Sugar 's next sortie was a ten-hour trip to bomb the Politz oil works where light flak and searchlights were encountered over the target . |
| 51 | Visibility was very poor and having been warned that barrage balloons were hoisted over the Liverpool area which had very recently suffered heavily in bombing raids , we went well out to sea before turning in to Speke , only to get entangled in a coastal convoy flying balloons . |
| 52 | Words were spoken over the bread and wine . |
| 53 | More were found over the weeks , and were removed as they were spotted and put into a rearing aquarium . |
| 54 | The cooking fires were lit and pots were set over the flames to boil . |
| 55 | All cars were judged over the two days at given times for sound quality including staging , stereo image , clarity , frequency separation and absence of noise . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | Their organisations were split over the original decision to send troops to the Gulf : the National Association of Arab Americans ( NAAA ) supported the build-up , while the ADC , a larger organisation , opposed it . |
| 58 | Even the girl 's parents were split over the use of her case in Tuesday 's broadcast . |
| 59 | The concourse was packed and he struggled to control his temper as he was jostled and shoved by passengers rushing for the boarding gates the moment their trains were announced over the Tannoy . |
| 60 | Jumping down , he ran up the stairs into the Long Room , where all the workforce were seated over the midday meal . |