Example sentences of "[noun sg] be long over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tea was long over and , downstairs , the evening 's work was well under way . |
| 2 | Due to the extensive television coverage practically every hole on the course , and certainly all those on the second nine , can be conjured up in the mind 's eye , even when the tournament is long over . |
| 3 | Necessity sometimes drove half-pay officers to seek a commission in an active battalion even when they had attained such an advanced age that any chance of a successful military career was long over . |
| 4 | ‘ The question of whether we 're going to clean up the environment of this country is long over , ’ he told a press conference . |
| 5 | The great church was mute and dark , for compline was long over , since the routine of the house clung as yet to its winter timetable , and the monks were in their beds until midnight should rouse them for matins . |