Example sentences of "[noun sg] was over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so they refused to do it up , well the result was over the years the pot holes down to the sites got bigger and they 're so far off the road from |
| 2 | By the time the interview was over the dogs were all asleep and refused to wake up . |
| 3 | Although the accounts were concise , the print was too small , and because of some confusion over the treatment of the initial endowment under covenant , the judges later decided that its turnover was over the £1m maximum for the category . |
| 4 | However , on Monday morning , 29 April 1991 , I discovered that the seating in the office ( Room 3.14 ) had been rearranged and that cigarette ash was over the meeting table and one of the chairs . |
| 5 | The sun was over the rim of the Common now , and there was the beginnings of darkness in the tangled trees . |
| 6 | Part of the battle was over the carcass of 1 Special Service Regiment already alluded to . |
| 7 | Then I slowly turned the can and the leg the other way up , so that the can was over the leg . |
| 8 | Another initial area of disagreement was over the casting of Susan George as his wife Amy . |
| 9 | In the euphoria which had followed the victory over France , there was even some talk that when the war was over the Party would be dissolved by the Wehrmacht and Germany would become a ‘ pure military state ’ . |
| 10 | Even so , Piladu knew that once milking was over the facts had to be faced , and faced in the kitchen where his wife would be listening . |
| 11 | Once this extensive consultation process was over the government circulated amended versions of the draft statutory instruments for a second more limited round before setting them in their final form . |
| 12 | By midnight the moon was over the house , full |
| 13 | Martin , of course , was just as adamant that he had kept it out : ‘ I admit that part of the ball was over the line , but that 's not enough . ’ |
| 14 | Whether the ball was over the line before it was crossed by the Newcastle inside-right , Richardson , remained a matter for argument for years after . |
| 15 | Claims that the ball was over the line were curtailed as Connolly slammed the ball against the stanchion and back out . |
| 16 | When her evidence was over the jury sent a note to the judge in which they asked to see ‘ the second statement of Princess Tucker . ’ |
| 17 | The fire station was over the road . |
| 18 | Of course , her father was over the moon . |
| 19 | The people of Ross on Wye claim the first British balloon flight was over the town on February the 22nd 1784 . |
| 20 | Temple , 19 , in his first year in the ABA and who had been working in Fawcett 's butchers shop since 5.30 in the morning was over the moon with his hard earned win over Wales 's Barry Jones . |
| 21 | The original bitterness was over the way Niki had pointed a gun at McLaren 's head and taken the team for a great deal of money . |
| 22 | For the malting season was complementary to the farming season : as soon as the corn harvest was over the malting began , and it went on right through the winter and early spring right up to the eve of the haysel . |
| 23 | Ostensibly , the furore was over the possibility that the offices would obscure one of the famous views of the castle . |
| 24 | At first , the major focus of concern was over the possibility of technological unemployment . |
| 25 | PRIVATE EYE SOUGHT IN DAINE SLAYING was the headline , and Cotten 's byline was over the story . |
| 26 | The letter was over the top ; there was never an elaborate pro-Smith conspiracy , although the possibility of his replacing Kinnock was discreetly canvassed at one time . |
| 27 | By tonight the terrorists ' toll was seventeen , but the city was over the water , Belfast , and even the politicians were running out of words to express their horror . |
| 28 | Barthelsson was over the line at the start , put in his 720° turn and still beat Österlund to the first mark , a lead which he held until the end . |
| 29 | Given the concerns of the 1920s , it comes as no surprise that the initial challenge was over the issue of administrative law . |
| 30 | However , the primary reason for the refusal , said Tony Baldry , under secretary of state for the environment , was the fact that the site for the proposed incinerator was over the South Yorkshire aquifer . |