Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
| 2 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
| 3 | Black rain clouds were scudding in over the Thames . |
| 4 | The sleeves of his pale blue shirt were rolled up over his muscly forearms . |
| 5 | Extensive geological and geophysical surveys were carried out over the next two years , and the governments negotiated with an international group of banks interested in financing the construction of the tunnel . |
| 6 | His two string quartets , likewise , though both numbered Op. 22 , were separated by over 30 years . |
| 7 | The Business Skills Seminars for small businesses were attended by over 2,300 people during the year . |
| 8 | Both were shot down over Syria by Vichy French Dewoitine 520s of GC III/6 on 5 July 1941 . |
| 9 | When my right hon. Friend visits the United Nations , will he raise the issue of the RAF aircrew who were shot down over the Gulf , some of whom came from west Norfolk ? |
| 10 | The counterfeit cheques , for sums between £20 and £60 , were made out over a five-month period from March last year . |
| 11 | Lichens were wiped out over large areas owing to sulphur dioxide emissions . |
| 12 | The new measures , similar to those in force in Britain and the US , were drawn up over the summer by Mr Lang 's Ministry , which is said to be interested in extending the French insurance model to the whole of Europe . |
| 13 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 14 | I made contact , and the arrangements were firmed up over the next week . |
| 15 | She saw the building that Adolph Brückner had looked at on his arrival that day , the pain in his head threatening like the thunder clouds that were drifting back over the mountain tops . |
| 16 | When this happened , say Hoyle and Wickramasinghe , the organic molecules within the comets were spewed out over the land . |
| 17 | These little buildings were spreading out over the savannah in a game of checkers , with the goal of linking all the pieces into a chain of sound administration . |
| 18 | His teeth were clenched against the cold , and his sleeves were pulled down over his knuckles . |
| 19 | During the critical week beginning February 28th , over 25,000 tons of supplies and 190,000 men were brought in over it to Verdun . |
| 20 | At Chalton in Hampshire and Cowdery 's Down near Basingstoke , the buildings were more regularly laid out but not extensive enough to be called villages , while at Catholme in Staffordshire and Thirlings in Northumberland , the earlier settlements had not only been abandoned , but probably forgotten when areas of ridge and furrow were laid out over the top . |
| 21 | The patients were followed up over the one week period of the challenge and , for longterm tolerance ; they were seen one month later . |
| 22 | The fact that the White groups were spread out over such a vast area caused the lack of communications . |
| 23 | Black clouds were rolling up over the forest to his right , which now looked hostile , as though it were waiting for him to make a false move ; to tall perhaps , so that it could advance and swallow him , like a wild animal . |
| 24 | Clouds were creeping up over the edges of the trees and the river 's surface was turning black . |
| 25 | The watertight skin and deck were put on over this closely spaced framework of ribs and beams in the form of planks , nearly as thick as they were wide , which ran longitudinally at right-angles to the ribs . |
| 26 | When these series were put out over the air the BBC , then a monopoly , published pamphlets to accompany them . |
| 27 | It was difficult to see exactly what she looked like , for she and Rupert were bending down over a table examining something together . |
| 28 | So I had to be a bear till I got to the top of the mountain and then you have to look round to see , I wonder whether , who were those girls who were messing around over there ca n't stand that , mm , do something with them |
| 29 | Away to the left , black menacing clouds of cu-nim were piled up over mountains dimly seen through a haze of humidity . |
| 30 | In the evening , the names of those who had been picked from the line-up were read out over the camp tannoy . |