Example sentences of "[modal v] be over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that dreary tale may be over the worst now . |
| 2 | Long before the incriminating photograph turned up on Major Tzann 's desk , he would be over the Czech border and awaiting the transport which would convey him to Germany , and thence to the United States . |
| 3 | Any dependants , what your investment policies are , what your need for money will be over the short term and the long term . |
| 4 | The council would not say what the ‘ procedure ’ for dealing with stores will be over the next three Sundays until the matter is discussed by the Environment and Public Health Committee , but it has already authorised legal action against large stores which continue to open . |
| 5 | It may not look it now , but I think it will be over the next five years . |
| 6 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , we are not in a position to predict what oil prices or , through oil prices , petrol prices will be over the next few years . |