Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Studies using X-ray analysis have shown that some paintings , such as Renoir 's The umbrellas , were painted over a period of years , with several definite alterations and distinct stages involved in the painting . |
| 2 | Her black dress , her underclothes were hung over a chair . |
| 3 | A court has been told that the idea for an elaborate murder plot , in which a couple were pushed over a cliff in a blazing car , may have come from a film on satellite television . |
| 4 | John Szarkowski wrote in the preface to the first volume : " Atget 's own prints were made over a period of many years , on a variety of photographic papers . |
| 5 | Loved so much that when he died , his ashes , on his special instruction , were sprinkled over a rose bush he had planted in her memory at a crematorium . |
| 6 | The most popular events were the cycle races which were raced over a mile , 2 miles and 3 miles including handicaps and novice events and finishing with a 3 mile handicap race open to all comers " . |
| 7 | Close by , a couple of humans were bent over a piece of machinery on a tripod . |
| 8 | My shorts were distributed over a half-acre of plants in the sharp silvery light of this place , in the form of white balls , fibrous globs . |
| 9 | It is not only a question of there being a number of versions for popular plays , such as Doctor Faustus , which were revived over a forty- or fifty-year period resulting in corrupted , revised , or differing texts . |
| 10 | Echoes of this declaration were revived over a century later with the Novi Sad Agreement of 1954 . |
| 11 | Savery-Gilliard bougies or Eder-Puestow metal olives of increasing size were passed over a guide wire which had been positioned with the help of a fibreoptic endoscope . |
| 12 | The film was responsible at the time for the tremendous popularity of the bar and , whenever Yates or Dustin went into it , they were sent over a bottle of champagne by the management . |
| 13 | In the Hall study accidents at 177 signalized crossroads were analysed over a period of four years , over this period accidents involving a vehicle turning right outnumbered those to vehicles turning left by a ratio of 6.6:1 ( accidents involving one vehicle turning in each direction were excluded from the analysis ) . |
| 14 | His nylon waterproofs were draped over a chair . |
| 15 | She felt as if she were suspended over a chasm between a past that was dark and terrifying and a future that inexorably beckoned . |
| 16 | District competitions were held over a period of six months and finalists and runners-up from these matches went on to represent their district at the area competition . |
| 17 | One grenade was not found and was lobbed over a wall from one yard to another , injuring 40 prisoners . |
| 18 | Enthusiasm was sustained over a number of weeks , read out in instalments to the class and eventually produced as a book . |
| 19 | Circumstances can arise which are difficult to anticipate ; for example , one site with which the author was involved was situated over a mile from the sea , but part of the site was on ground made up from Elizabethan times and included a harbour wall . |
| 20 | A project to research the method was undertaken over a period of approximately one year on a part-time basis ; at various stages a number of different practitioners from management services disciplines were involved , each receiving some informal training on the principles and practice of soft systems analysis . |
| 21 | This case study was undertaken over a period of two months through a series of day visits to the school . |
| 22 | The system was developed over a period of about 10 years and arrived on the market in three stages . |
| 23 | The dividing line between a fixed ‘ site ’ and a portable ‘ find ’ is often a narrow one : for example , the site of the ship Mary Rose was excavated over a period of several years , but when the remains of the ship itself were eventually raised , they were treated like any other waterlogged find , albeit on a much larger scale . |
| 24 | According to Barclays Computer Operations , Barclay 's services arm which manages the data centres , the old kit was installed over a period of one to four years . |
| 25 | Police believe the tape was made over a period of time . |
| 26 | It includes Conwy and Caernarfon , whose castles were only begun in 1283 and not finished until 1292 , and it has therefore been suggested that it was made over a period of years . |
| 27 | The victim was slumped over a freezer where he had been searching for a gas leak . |
| 28 | He was drawn over a gravel bed and used a loaded waggler float with double white maggot hookbait . |
| 29 | The same chart was used over a period of 4 weeks . |
| 30 | The defect was sutured over a T-tube . |