Example sentences of "be over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're over that side , you 've got ta come on the heath and come to what do I call them ? |
| 2 | So have you , have you have you now persuaded yourself that perhaps you 're over optimistic about I mean cos you were suggesting that attitudes had changed |
| 3 | ‘ Oh — I 'm over that . ’ |
| 4 | No , I 'm over that . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I 'm over that now . |
| 6 | If I 'm over that way . |
| 7 | like everyone 's jealo , a , like everyone 's jealous of me at school and I would n't say I 'm over tall ! |
| 8 | As soon as I 'm over this bit , we 'll just melt away in the fog one morning and send everybody postcards . |
| 9 | I do n't think Amy Johnson will be over pleased that she that Amy get 's better than she is , no . |
| 10 | An obvious possibility was forsc = frog , but the combination with ‘ enclosure ’ appeared not to be over logical . |
| 11 | The purpose of preparing a transcript is to present , in print , as complete a record of the taped material as is required for the particular assessment : ‘ It provides the foundation of ; 11 subsequent analyses and , as such , its importance can not be over estimated ’ ( Crystal 1984 ) . |
| 12 | They say , ‘ Oh , we do n't trust how you look after the paintings ’ and so on , but you can be over cautious . |
| 13 | Matthew Pinsent says they must not be over confident . |
| 14 | Very diffuse boundaries between its members indicate an enmeshed family who may be over involved ; very rigid boundaries , with minimal involvement are a sign of the disengaged family . |
| 15 | But perhaps I 'm going to be proved to be over innocent in thinking that is a viable approach . |
| 16 | And her advise to others like her is to seek help , rather than become victims of law which in this case may be over protective . |
| 17 | However , the EC authorities should not be over zealous in this matter to the extent of arguing that any territorial division of the EC market , especially the charging of different prices in different countries , is a sign of non-competitive behaviour . |
| 18 | Always remember that too much of any essence can be over stimulating , or in the opposite extreme , stupefying — so please use the oils in the correct concentrations ( see page 48 ) . |
| 19 | If the report looks as if it will be over 15–20 pages you should be having second thoughts about its suitability . |
| 20 | By 2001 there will be over one million people aged 85 and over , representing 13% of all elderly people . |
| 21 | Hepatitis B virus ( HBV ) is , like the AIDS virus HIV , blood-borne , but is considered to be over one hundred times more infectious than HIV . |
| 22 | Brighter showery weather will replace the rain in the west and by evening this brighter weather will be over all parts of Northern Ireland . |
| 23 | Do n't be over suspicious and try not to over react — this could be unfair on your child . |
| 24 | This has proved to be over optimistic as Haymarket was forced to withdraw from the purchase after a key investor pulled out . |
| 25 | Arguments are more likely to be over domestic chores and money , than children or sex ( which caused very few rows indeed — only 11% ) . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'd think I would be over this by now , ’ Mait said darkly , eyeing the lake . |
| 27 | ‘ You 've had a bad start , and you 're not going to be over this illness in a couple of days , but I 'm sure you can beat it . |
| 28 | And what I find interesting is that it 's the sheer vitality of the English sound — it 's not just the Liverpool sound , it 's the English sound — the vitality , the sensuality , the letting one 's hair down quality , that is exactly what the Continentals admired in Dunstable , and strangely enough in a way what Elgar 's got — this incredible sort of desire not to be over formal and to break down certain formal barriers which seems to be so characteristic of English music . |
| 29 | As a result of her in fidelity and disloyalty to her country , the child was cursed from birth , rapidly growing to be over six-foot long with a snake 's tail and bat wings , and the head and mane of a black stallion . |
| 30 | She had long ago stopped resenting their original professional clashes , and these days their disagreements tended to be over minor details , with her ending up the victor as often as he did . |