Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war was over , I had a steady boyfriend who was n't likely to be shot down over the Ruhr , and I was working with a bunch of very congenial people . |
| 2 | Details for opening the ‘ corridors ’ are to be thrashed out over the next four days . |
| 3 | Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term . |
| 4 | Bush did not indicate how the changes , which were to be phased in over a five-year period at a cost of up to $100,000 million , would be financed . |
| 5 | It supports the principle of increasing energy prices so that consumers pay the full environmental cost of the resources they use , although it acknowledges that increases would have to be phased in over time , preferably in line with international agreements . |
| 6 | ‘ We are told that unless we make peace with these noblemen , candidates are to be run all over the country . |
| 7 | For days he backed the little transport box into the huge mound and went up and down the fields in lines , stopping the tractor every few yards to scatter the lime , tossing each shovelful on the wind for the white dust to be blown out over the grass . |
| 8 | While hand colouring was fully accepted as a compromise , and in fact supplied work to the legions of miniature painters that had been made redundant by the advent of photography , experiments continued to be made all over the world . |
| 9 | While hand colouring was fully accepted as a compromise , and in fact supplied work to the legions of miniature painters that had been made redundant by the advent of photography , experiments continued to be made all over the world . |
| 10 | A replay is to be played out over the proposed Clairville Common complex between Anchor International and local objectors . |
| 11 | You would n't like to be chased all over the place the whole time would you ? |
| 12 | In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share . |
| 13 | A balance in the aquarium has to be reached gradually over the weeks . |
| 14 | Some of the men who took part in this , like Sir Walter Raleigh and his brother-in-law Sir Humphrey Gilbert , were also attracted by the idea of getting lands on the other side of the Atlantic , and the success of the Spaniards encouraged them in the widespread belief that an immense amount of gold and silver was waiting to be discovered all over the Americas . |
| 15 | A lovely villa , set in beautiful gardens amidst vineyards it was once the home of the della Robbias , the family of renaissance artists , famous for their glazed ‘ terracotta ’ work , and whose masterpieces are to be admired all over Florence 's churches and galleries — most notably the lovely cherubs which grace the foundling hospital in Piazza della Santissima Annunziata . |
| 16 | In some programs files have to be inverted overnight and this requires the microcomputer to be switched on over a long period of time . |
| 17 | Meetings began to be held all over the West Country in village halls and school gyms to debate the issues . |
| 18 | 200 walks organised by The Ramblers ' Association to be held all over England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 19 | The second of our problems had to be settled either over a table or in Court so it certainly was not acceptable to let 1,000 people in and hold them to ransom , as they did that night . |
| 20 | Roughly six tonnes of plutonium and 30 tonnes of HEU are due to be released annually over the next 15 years as Soviet warheads are scrapped . |
| 21 | A Declaratory Order covering 270 acres was proposed with a view to designating extensively war-damaged land , subject to compulsory purchase ; this was required for essential improvements to be carried out over the next 15 years . |
| 22 | The tests are due to be carried out over the next fortnight but parents will face a six-week wait for the results . |
| 23 | THE first practical testing of a sonar device to help submarines detect the presence of fishing boats in the Firth of Clyde is expected to be carried out over the weekend of 3 April . |
| 24 | It is one of many ancient Egyptian obelisks to be found all over the civilised world : in Paris and Istanbul as well as London — Rome has a dozen of them — although there are still plenty on the banks of the Nile . |
| 25 | Perhaps one of the best subjects about which to exercise one 's imagination , and any detective urge one may have , is the standing stones , which are to be found all over the island singly , in groups or in one case in an ellipse . |
| 26 | Firms of English solicitors are to be found all over the world , while at home , complex legislation , the increasing need for financial services and growing domestic demand has led to a growth in the need for solicitors . |
| 27 | Dormice used to be found all over the Midlands and South of England . |
| 28 | But it does n't mean to say that you are sending somebody who says he 's a Conservative , going to support a Conservative government , and the moment he gets there is to be found all over the place . |
| 29 | If a single leaper had grasped the horns and hoped to be thrown neatly over the bull 's head , the chances of achieving a successful vault would have been very low . |
| 30 | and they did n't want to be scattered all over the earth so they built this er , he wanted to make , to make a name for themselves did n't they ? |