Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [adv prt] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war was over , I had a steady boyfriend who was n't likely to be shot down over the Ruhr , and I was working with a bunch of very congenial people . |
| 2 | Details for opening the ‘ corridors ’ are to be thrashed out over the next four days . |
| 3 | For days he backed the little transport box into the huge mound and went up and down the fields in lines , stopping the tractor every few yards to scatter the lime , tossing each shovelful on the wind for the white dust to be blown out over the grass . |
| 4 | A replay is to be played out over the proposed Clairville Common complex between Anchor International and local objectors . |
| 5 | A Declaratory Order covering 270 acres was proposed with a view to designating extensively war-damaged land , subject to compulsory purchase ; this was required for essential improvements to be carried out over the next 15 years . |
| 6 | The tests are due to be carried out over the next fortnight but parents will face a six-week wait for the results . |
| 7 | THE first practical testing of a sonar device to help submarines detect the presence of fishing boats in the Firth of Clyde is expected to be carried out over the weekend of 3 April . |
| 8 | Next year the event will be held in the Grand Hall of Olympia 1 , which will provide 50% more floor space to be taken up over the next five years . |
| 9 | The frame will extend the bag almost fully but without overstretching it , and there will be enough slackness to allow the bag to be folded out over the top of the frame . |
| 10 | A single agency to control all forms of pollution in Scotland is to be set up over the next three years . |