Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] be [vb pp] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should have been completed over the weekend . |
| 2 | An unseasonal hot summer , and discreet romances — kept so by the message ‘ secrecy ’ conveyed by a full-blown rose over two buds — must have been splattered over the front page of the Bradford Clarion , owing to the overheated eagerness of the aforementioned buds to bloom . |
| 3 | Such dresses may have been worn over a sleeved under-dress which generally received no fastenings , with some exceptions which were secured at the wrist with a clasp which may carry evidence of braid ( Crowfoot 1952 ) . |
| 4 | No 27 in the Historical Arms series , Allied and Enemy Aircraft is a reprint of a rare identification manual published by the French government in 1918 that illustrated 60 aircraft of French , English , American , German , Italian and Belgian origin ( in three-view drawings ) that may have been seen over the trenches during World War One . |
| 5 | ‘ Besides , he may have been driven over the edge by her carryings-on . |
| 6 | His memory may have been tarnished over the previous decade with the acknowledgement of his serious policy errors . |
| 7 | The tunic might have a silken decorative border , and in winter a fur coat of ermine would have been worn over the tunic . |
| 8 | If it 's a professional job they will have been observed over a long period and their habits and financial status will be known . ’ |
| 9 | But it remains difficult to see how the paper tiger can avoid being shredded over the next two or three years . |