Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] [adv prt] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 2 | When this happened , say Hoyle and Wickramasinghe , the organic molecules within the comets were spewed out over the land . |
| 3 | It was difficult to see exactly what she looked like , for she and Rupert were bending down over a table examining something together . |
| 4 | These little buildings were spreading out over the savannah in a game of checkers , with the goal of linking all the pieces into a chain of sound administration . |
| 5 | Extensive geological and geophysical surveys were carried out over the next two years , and the governments negotiated with an international group of banks interested in financing the construction of the tunnel . |
| 6 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
| 7 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
| 8 | The patients were followed up over the one week period of the challenge and , for longterm tolerance ; they were seen one month later . |
| 9 | I made contact , and the arrangements were firmed up over the next week . |
| 10 | At Chalton in Hampshire and Cowdery 's Down near Basingstoke , the buildings were more regularly laid out but not extensive enough to be called villages , while at Catholme in Staffordshire and Thirlings in Northumberland , the earlier settlements had not only been abandoned , but probably forgotten when areas of ridge and furrow were laid out over the top . |
| 11 | Black rain clouds were scudding in over the Thames . |
| 12 | Black clouds were rolling up over the forest to his right , which now looked hostile , as though it were waiting for him to make a false move ; to tall perhaps , so that it could advance and swallow him , like a wild animal . |
| 13 | Clouds were creeping up over the edges of the trees and the river 's surface was turning black . |
| 14 | In the evening , the names of those who had been picked from the line-up were read out over the camp tannoy . |
| 15 | When these series were put out over the air the BBC , then a monopoly , published pamphlets to accompany them . |