Example sentences of "they [modal v] be [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already experienced in flight , next month they 'll be going over the North Pole . |
| 2 | Many recreation items such as caravans and boats that are on hire purchase are used so seldom they could be rented over the course of the hire purchase scheme and with enough cash left over to buy the item new if we still wanted one . |
| 3 | We cadets spent that morning sewing shackles into confidential documents , so that they could be thrown over the side if anything untoward happened . |
| 4 | ‘ I think if you asked most players in England if they 'd like to swap places with me they 'd be jumping over the top of each other to do it . |
| 5 | The only way to compare them is to calculate what they would be paying over the whole 25 years if neither of them moved from their present home . |
| 6 | These nets are about the diameter of a bicycle wheel and are attached to a rope so that they can be lowered over the edge of jetties and into deep pools . |