Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv prt] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cassock had a thin hood , held in place over the attendant 's head and face by what looked like the brim from an old and worn red hat ; it was squeezed down over the attendant 's head , the top of the hood showing through where the hat 's crown should have been . |
| 2 | As fast as FAX and having user groups for just about every computer and software product around , it is becoming one of the main channels for passing information around the scientific community for example , much of the debate on Cold Fusion was carried out over the Internet . |
| 3 | The special school sector was built up over a century or more . |
| 4 | At other points the road was built out over the river , at one point over the top of former pilchard cellars , still to be seen . |
| 5 | An Iranian airliner was shot down over the Gulf by a missile from a US cruiser in 1988 , killing 290 people . |
| 6 | In May 1960 more talks began at leaders ' levels in Paris , with Eisenhower anxious to play the role of peacemaker in his last year in office , but the conference collapsed when a US spy aircraft was shot down over the USSR . |
| 7 | and Mrs was born in over the river . |
| 8 | AN ARMY bomb disposal unit was called out over the weekend to destroy a live Second World War mortar bomb . |
| 9 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 10 | ‘ His hair had been clipped as closely as possible to the scalp , with the exception of a small patch on the crown of the head , which was pulled down over the forehead to form a fringe . ’ |
| 11 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
| 12 | A hard copy map of their course was spread out over the console before him . |
| 13 | He began by saying that seven years earlier Meehan had been found guilty by a jury ‘ on evidence which was amply justified ’ , and then went on : ‘ Some public support was whipped up over the years for reasons which were not entirely clear and for motives which might be imagined . ’ |
| 14 | The mining equipment was lined up over the shaft . |
| 15 | He was chased out over the Adriatic by fighters and was obliged to come down at Tatoi airport near Athens . |
| 16 | The need for more staff time to organize training , or a member of staff specifically employed to organize/co-ordinate training , was mentioned by over a quarter of all authorities ( see Table 25 ) : |