Example sentences of "[verb] be over " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately for the advertisers , the first battle has been over the least defensible product .
2 Whether Ferndale Comprehensive has been over enthusiastic or not it does seem that one union at least seems to think that marketing is one of the deadliest of sins !
3 A recent strand test showed that it has been over processed .
4 The only difference of opinion so far has been over boxing .
5 Of course he has been over it a million times in his mind , but when the normal glide speed is 160kts , with the drop tanks you should have 175kts , add another 15 on top of that to flare it from a descent , and he really needed 200 kts to make a decent landing in those conditions .
6 Another fundamental misunderstanding of Freud 's theory , made again by both those sympathetic and those hostile to his work , has been over the part played by abnormal psychology in the theory of psychoanalysis .
7 This may indicate that the conflict has been over peripheral matters , that a core belief in a transcendent power could retain its plausibility , untouched by changing conceptions of the physical world .
8 The real conflict has been over the development of industrial land for retail purposes .
9 The greatest controversy has been over the question of assessment and testing .
10 And the bed looks like a troop of soldiers has been over it . ’
11 We know what the experience has been over the years .
12 The investigation will explore : ways of asking about sensitive issues ; the prevalence of a number of forms of sexual abuse ( for example , incest , rape , involvement in pornography ) ; whether the abuse was reported to anyone ; what coping strategies were used at a time ; and what the impact has been over time .
13 We believe that the diagnosis of hiatal hernia has been over exagerated and only manometric studies combined with precise endoscopic evaluation can say whether we are dealing with a true hiatal hernia or a small initial Barrett 's oesophagus .
14 ‘ The biggest criticism has been over the fact we have not offered season ticket discounts .
15 Similarly for example 3 , syntax would choose are over arc , and for example 2 , semantics would choose dog rather than clog .
16 I 'd been over the pub at dinnertime .
17 And I 'd got them here and I thought well I do n't know what to do with them and I b b interested in I 'm interested in going back in time , I 'll go anywhere where I can see something and I 'd been over there and they 'd got some Home Guard stuff in a case , only a small show , and I asked them if they 'd like it and they said yes .
18 ‘ But I do n't want to be sharing my life with anyone , gorgeous hunk or not , ’ Shannon had pointed out mildly , managing with an effort not to remind Kelly they 'd been over this ground a hundred times before .
19 He 'd been over the limit , they 'd said , when he 'd crashed his BMW , and there could have been no sympathy whatsoever for him from the relatives of the woman killed in the other car .
20 What they 'd been over there to a stallion ?
21 They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back .
22 If you have been very much home-based , you may need some encouragement from your partner in getting involved in community activities or a hobby ; and it may be necessary , in order to avoid being over dependent on another person .
23 Small areas are best paved in a single colour using a simple design to avoid being over fussy .
24 He never wears a watch whether racing or training , never records his mileage , and has no idea what his personal bests are over any time or distance .
25 Until development of this system it was difficult to do pattern matching if movements being compared were over varying time periods .
26 As well and so that that get 's over whether they you know that get 's over this thing about erm views of other people j the way you
27 As well and so that that get 's over whether they you know that get 's over this thing about erm views of other people j the way you
28 One man who 's going to stay upstairs has the head of the wardrobe , you go tro I go trotting downstairs you see , and then I climb up the ladder And the ladder remember is over the edge of the sill .
29 It can only be surmised that the Marquis was feeling pretty flush after a good win when he made that entry into his accounts , or the caddie was a highly favoured young man indeed , for four shillings at that time would have been over the top on the percentages that a caddie can expect from his round nowadays .
30 Surely he should have been over the romantic stage by then .
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