Example sentences of "be [vb pp] over a [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , Boyo , it 's either this or that , ’ said Taff , pointing to the alternative — a large piece of meat that had been roasted over a fire and looked most unappetising . |
| 2 | The descent needs great care through its fall of 500 feet ; then the gradient eases and more confident progress can be made over a widening and declining moorland to the shore of Loch Kishorn . |
| 3 | The stoma care nurse and ward nurses were able to answer his questions over the next few days and also showed Mr Reynolds some of the bags which can be worn over a stoma and let him practise handling these . |
| 4 | In due course they will arrive in Safra to be offloaded over a beach and thence travel by road into the theatre of operations . |
| 5 | As the polymer sample should not be under a tensile stress , the suspension wire supporting the disc is passed over a pulley and the weight of the disc and sample are counterbalanced by loading the end . |
| 6 | Right , April , April the tenth to the twelfth , is the , is the National Amnesty A G M which is held over a weekend and this year is in Exeter . |
| 7 | Then he almost holed his 160-yard approach on the 18th , where the hole was cut over a bunker and just a few feet onto the green . |
| 8 | A nightdress was thrown over a chair and on the bedside table were an assortment of pill bottles . |