Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After being cheered over the finishing line they accepted blankets and drinks from their supporters , then wandered about with bemused expressions on their faces . |
| 2 | The man , who can not be named for legal reasons , was on police bail in Liverpool after being arrested over a burglary . |
| 3 | The other interesting runner I rode was Auntie Dot , particularly as she has the advantage of being schooled over a National-type fence on her trainer John Webber 's gallops . |
| 4 | The intense heat of being held over a gas jet will cause immediate and permanent discolouring . |
| 5 | THE most powerful man in world cricket admitted for the first time last night that he is frightened of being sued over the Lambgate Scandal . |
| 6 | Despite being hit over the head , he clung to the gun and the raiders fled empty-handed . |
| 7 | ( iv ) A large concentration of seagulls was either on the active runway of was arriving over the airport at the time of take-off . |
| 8 | The baggage area behind that is quite spacious , although the small baggage door is only just big enough to allow a flight size case through , which means anything larger needs to be manhandled over the seats . |
| 9 | Finally , the programme approach was to be extended over the whole Fund , with National Programmes of Community Interest , Community Programmes and Integrated Development Programmes , so that at least 20 per cent of the budget would be directed towards programme expenditure . |
| 10 | If the new inspection chamber is to be positioned over an existing clay drain , the difficulty is likely to be cutting into the existing drain . |
| 11 | Then he looked up , raising his voice so as to be heard over the sow 's din . |
| 12 | ‘ I just wanted to say something , ’ Loren Aldridge told her , leaning close and raising her voice to be heard over the music . |
| 13 | ‘ How long ? ’ shouted Billie from the rear , loud enough to be heard over the roar of the two-hundred horsepower engine . |
| 14 | They turned south this time and soon Jenna was amused and intrigued to see huge gaggles of geese in fields , moving about almost as one and honking loud enough to be heard over the noise of the car . |
| 15 | Adult speech which contains a relatively high proportion of statements or declaratives has been associated with accelerated language development in young children , while studies of pre-schoolers have indicated that conversations are more likely to be maintained over a number of turns if adults make positive contributions by adding new information ( Wood et al . |
| 16 | all single men will have to be shot over the age of forty |
| 17 | Cattle required good quality pasture and plentiful hay if they were to be kept over the winter , which they generally were . |
| 18 | Frank Thompson , the father of Anthony , is masterminding the fund-raising activities to be arranged over the next year and is open to suggestions and , of course , contributions , from any source . |
| 19 | The behaviour of privatised industries will have to be studied over a number of years before it is possible to conclude whether the ownership of the company ( ie private or public ) or the market structure ( ie competitive or monopolistic ) is the major determinant of corporate behaviour . |
| 20 | The government on Dec. 27 announced that negotiations with the United States aimed at allowing the withdrawal of US forces from Subic Bay naval base to be phased over a three-year period had broken down . |
| 21 | That enabled a considerable amount of groundwork for the valuation exercise to be undertaken over the summer . |
| 22 | The recent increases in Obando production are due to the success of the well stimulation programme , and there is scope for further production to be obtained over the coming months . |
| 23 | Now suppose that the strength acquired by A tends , for some reason , to be lost over a retention interval whereas that controlled by X is retained . |
| 24 | A pair of grey-backed crows — hooded crows — flew across the track , and then , as the Land-Rover topped the rise and started down into a narrowing glen , a buzzard soared up in leisurely circles , to be lost over the crest of the moor . |
| 25 | It expresses particular concern about the fact that 10 per cent of England 's salty lagoons are projected to be lost over the next 20 years : " Their rarity , both in England and on a European scale , is such that their conservation is of the highest importance . " |
| 26 | If the Government of the day decide that a motorway is to be built and a footpath is to be built over the road , the cost of building a bridge or underpass is all part of the cost of building the motorway , and it is borne by the taxpayers . |
| 27 | The airport was to be built over the sea , partly on piles and partly on reclaimed land off Taipa Island , which was itself to be the subject of major development . |
| 28 | This will enable the distribution to be completed over a shorter period . |
| 29 | The work was to be completed over the whole country in fifteen years . |
| 30 | Poles do not last forever of course , and have had to be replaced over the years . |