Example sentences of "being [vb pp] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Trust is also being consulted over the preparation of a tourism strategy for the North Norfolk coast .
2 He admits , however , to being torn over the interest rate argument ; part of him wants to see rates held to stabilise the economy , but he also wants to see quick cuts to boost business .
3 In 1978 , a DoT study showed that 55 per cent of adults thought being caught over the limit was simply ‘ bad luck ’ .
4 He had been obedient and had never received the fuss that was being made over the return of his brother .
5 Even the most avid mycologists dislike being shot over a chanterelle .
6 in the last one that she 's chained up to that big fat slug thing and they 're all being pushed over the edge of that big pit
7 Oliver said he guessed it was partly because Cobalt had led the sort of life where being thumped over the head with a bottle was not a unique experience .
8 Most of the illegal guns are not being bought over the counter , or stolen .
9 The work is being phased over a number of years but already some of the refurbishment has been completed .
10 This results in the DH being reached over the field with little hope of seeing anything in marginal conditions .
11 The chief mourner continued to wear a coat with train , together with the mourning hood , but even the manner of wearing the hood changed : draped round the shoulders like a short scarf rather than being worn over the head .
12 The man , who can not be named for legal reasons , was on police bail in Liverpool after being arrested over a burglary .
13 Wilson was a worried man , and I did n't care for him being stretched over a barrel .
14 Has n't he got enough to worry about without being clobbered over the head by the injured pride of a woman fortunate enough to have the time and the brain to worry about the title on her season ticket ?
15 The decline of hunting was brought about by the digging of the chalk quarries as there was always the danger of hounds being led over the edge .
16 Despite being hit over the head , he clung to the gun and the raiders fled empty-handed .
17 Any benefit obtained from the issue costs is reflected in the interest expense and hence issue costs are appropriately accounted for as an adjustment to the amount of the liability , which effectively results in their being charged over the life of the instrument .
18 The first is that being spread over a period of time which began before the Armada , included the civil war and Commonwealth , and finished only after the accession of William of Orange , they are an unrivalled source of information on the changing status of many local families .
19 Here as part of an agility routine , a dog is being coaxed over an obstacle by its owner .
20 The plains spadefoot 's call resembles a duck 's , while the New Mexico species makes a noise like a finger being rubbed over a balloon .
21 In extreme winds ( Force 6+ ) you have to keep very low to avoid being thrown over the front .
22 Paper documentation also leads to delays in servicing users especially when the data are being delivered over the network or online , but documentation must be photocopied and sent by post .
23 A 3D seismic survey is being acquired over the Viking satellites in the first half of 1994 with further 3D over JX if the well is successful .
24 The first problem is that a graph of units is being layed over a continuum .
25 The intense heat of being held over a gas jet will cause immediate and permanent discolouring .
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