Example sentences of "[pron] be [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was hit over the head . ’ |
| 2 | I was born over the road . |
| 3 | ‘ Then I was contacted over the phone by a company in Rufford who agreed to sell the car for £50 . |
| 4 | Body shape , when viewed from above , is oval and elliptical for the female , and slim and pencil-like for the male , the male being further enhanced by the white , pimple-like nuptial tubercles which are sprinkled over the gill covers and top of the head . |
| 5 | Any benefit obtained from the issue costs is reflected in the interest expense and hence issue costs are appropriately accounted for as an adjustment to the amount of the liability , which effectively results in their being charged over the life of the instrument . |
| 6 | These references , which were given over the period continually to 1984 , undoubtedly had an effect on the ability of Berg to engage in large scale bill discounting transactions with other banks . ’ |
| 7 | Within the two weeks confidently predicted by Havelock Wilson company after company and local shipowner association after association made its peace with advances in wages and on 28 June some 100 shipowners met in London and decided , among other things , on the standardisation of the local rates which were accepted over the next few days . |
| 8 | ‘ Then she flew high over the site of Callanish above the men and the fallen bodies of her kind which were scattered over the site . |
| 9 | The second round of the ‘ adidas ’ Challenge tournaments , which were held over the Christmas period , gave a strong indication of the interest and popularity that they have with young players throughout the country . |
| 10 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 11 | The Spanish phrygian is also used for the tune 's main theme , as well as the solo section , which is played over the riff shown in fig 1 . |
| 12 | Each microchip carries a unique code , which can be read using a special scanner which is passed over the area where the chip is implanted . |
| 13 | The Party 's policy on Spain had also been radically altered amid the great enthusiasm which was felt over the resistance of the Republican Government . |
| 14 | What happened , happened up there , once , once that was lost on appeal , right , the whole of the handling of that by East Devon council just been poor , and then , what did they do , they decided to go for appeal , which was upheld over the garage . |
| 15 | In order to counteract the effects of malaria , they were frequently doped with opium , which was sold over the counter in the village shop or grown in the fens ( where Poppy Hill and Poppy Farm still exist as place-names ) . |
| 16 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , but how many of these wonderfully high-paid jobs have you been offered over the past eighteen months ? ’ |
| 18 | A divorced woman can only use her former husband 's contribution record to establish her right to the basic pension and only provided she contributes in her own right as soon as the marriage ends and she does not remarry ( unless she is divorced over the age of 60 ) . |
| 19 | She was slumped over the steering wheel of her car . |
| 20 | When she was hit over the head with a brick and put off work for four months , she came back for more . |
| 21 | She had her backstage duties to attend to , and when she was was n't in front of the footlights she was hunched over the book in the prompt corner . |
| 22 | The links between politics and patronage can not have been beneficial to the efficiency of the customs service as a revenue-collecting agency , for all too often strong political interests could secure an important post for a man with little or no experience who was placed over the head of men far better qualified than himself , and presumably resentful of their own failure to secure advancement . |
| 23 | The smoke from the incinerator made Harry blink and cough , but Morpurgo , who was stooped over the very top of it , seemed unaffected and still he paid his visitor no heed . |
| 24 | This month 's Top Ten features the best utilities we 're reviewed over the past 18 months . |
| 25 | Is there room for a cubicle or can one be installed over the bath ? |
| 26 | ‘ We were shown over the house . |
| 27 | Sarah was allowed to dust and polish in Mr Bradford 's rooms , a duty given only to trusted servants since it meant moving many of his important papers , but when she went in there after her return she dropped one of his boxes and everything was scattered over the carpet . |
| 28 | They are laid over the existing floor surface ; most are tongued-and-grooved , so only occasional mailing or clipping is required to hold them in place . |
| 29 | Through ethnographic research set in Albany , New York , a team of anthropologists from Queen 's University , Belfast , will investigate the range of beliefs and practices connected with Ireland that are current among Albany 's Irish-American population ; how Ireland and ‘ being Irish ’ in America are represented in everyday life , how they are distributed over the generations , and they may vary along socio-economic dimensions . |
| 30 | On this occasion they were accompanied over the later stages by Pagon and Sellwood , the two British ladies ' K1s , also bringing up the rear of their class . |