Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has n't it been changed over the years to say different things from what the original writers intended ? |
| 2 | It 's changed over the years , but it 's still for what I 'd like to think of as the intelligent , discerning young music fan . ’ |
| 3 | This creeps across the shelf and down the continental slope , spreading along the sea-bed ; much of it is formed over the shelves of the Weddell and Ross bights , and from there it spreads far northward into the northern hemisphere . |
| 4 | If it is mounted over the sink , a normal swivelling outlet spout is used . |
| 5 | It is hung over the last ( open ) chamber of a filter , and apparently uses ultra violet frequencies that are guaranteed not to destroy filter bacteria — only to disrupt algae/hydra spores . |
| 6 | The floor is at a higher level in the sanctuary where it is built over the enormous crypt beneath . |
| 7 | Flysheet : the flysheet has eyelets at its base which , once it is draped over the inner , fix onto the poles at ground level so that both inner and fly are attached to the poles . |
| 8 | And it is specialised over the years in craft training , particularly in relation to the building and engineering trades , and has made unique provision in the district for the less able . |
| 9 | It was formed over the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries by the Princes zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck , and displayed at Schloss Dyck , their picturesque Rhineland ‘ water-castle ’ in the north-west of the country near Düsseldorf . |
| 10 | It was written over the entrance , gold letters on purple gloss on red brick . |
| 11 | Less successful on the bird front was Sotheby 's lot 237 , a ‘ fine and rare ’ Marseilles Faience turkey tureen and cover , circa 1770 , estimated in the catalogue £25–35,000 , revised before the sale to £40–60,000 ; it was bought over the telephone , against a dead room for £38,000 ( $57,000 ) but appeared as unsold in the post-sale results . |
| 12 | Ratings now steadied the canoe as it was put over the side , lying on the hydroplanes . |
| 13 | The list of issues which the group came up with was so detailed that it was discussed over the following weeks . |
| 14 | While it was stretched over the whole length of imperial communications , its most dangerous possible rival was the more easily concentrated French fleet ; the prospect of a descent on the Channel ports still preoccupied the Admiralty . |
| 15 | The blade flashed as it was drawn over the leather . |
| 16 | The first race was from Paris to Lyons in 1900 and it remained an open road race until 1903 when it was held over the Athy circuit in Ireland . |