Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] over a " in BNC.

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1 This was carried out over a three-week period using a mixture of interviews and questionnaires covering a representative sample of persons from the CSSU and the departments .
2 Since it was carried out over a four-month summer period ( May-August ) , the practices of these industries with summer peaks will have been better captured than the practices of those with peaks at other times of the year .
3 The special school sector was built up over a century or more .
4 On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink .
5 The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in .
6 Is it really true that Watership Down was rejected by over a dozen publishers before it was taken on and became a bestseller ?
7 The need for more staff time to organize training , or a member of staff specifically employed to organize/co-ordinate training , was mentioned by over a quarter of all authorities ( see Table 25 ) :
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