Example sentences of "the [noun sg] was over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time the interview was over the dogs were all asleep and refused to wake up . |
| 2 | so they refused to do it up , well the result was over the years the pot holes down to the sites got bigger and they 're so far off the road from |
| 3 | The sun was over the rim of the Common now , and there was the beginnings of darkness in the tangled trees . |
| 4 | Part of the battle was over the carcass of 1 Special Service Regiment already alluded to . |
| 5 | Then I slowly turned the can and the leg the other way up , so that the can was over the leg . |
| 6 | In the euphoria which had followed the victory over France , there was even some talk that when the war was over the Party would be dissolved by the Wehrmacht and Germany would become a ‘ pure military state ’ . |
| 7 | By midnight the moon was over the house , full |
| 8 | Martin , of course , was just as adamant that he had kept it out : ‘ I admit that part of the ball was over the line , but that 's not enough . ’ |
| 9 | Whether the ball was over the line before it was crossed by the Newcastle inside-right , Richardson , remained a matter for argument for years after . |
| 10 | Claims that the ball was over the line were curtailed as Connolly slammed the ball against the stanchion and back out . |
| 11 | Temple , 19 , in his first year in the ABA and who had been working in Fawcett 's butchers shop since 5.30 in the morning was over the moon with his hard earned win over Wales 's Barry Jones . |
| 12 | Ostensibly , the furore was over the possibility that the offices would obscure one of the famous views of the castle . |
| 13 | By tonight the terrorists ' toll was seventeen , but the city was over the water , Belfast , and even the politicians were running out of words to express their horror . |
| 14 | The letter was over the top ; there was never an elaborate pro-Smith conspiracy , although the possibility of his replacing Kinnock was discreetly canvassed at one time . |
| 15 | Alison looked quite like her mother — only the mother was over the top and wore too much make-up . |