Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was successfully tested over the deserts of New Mexico on 16 July 1945 , before the war with Japan was over . |
| 2 | Synthetic cholecystokinin-8 ( 100 pg/ml final concentration ; Sigma , Germany ) was additionally infused over the last 20 minutes of the sampling period at a constant flow of 0.2 ml/minute to stimulate the exocrine pancreas . |
| 3 | Branson was personally angered over the negotiations with the singer Sade . |
| 4 | The reach of the sea up estuaries and along the great rivers was much extended over the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries . |
| 5 | This possibly indicates that the alignment was intentionally placed over the countryside from the church at Bishops Cannings to the one at Didcot some 54 kilometres away . |
| 6 | The basilican church was generally built over the burial place of the saint to whom it was dedicated . |
| 7 | The dummy was still propped over the desk , the shower curtain drawn . |
| 8 | She was still positioned over the table , and could feel the full weight of his body stretched over her back . |
| 9 | John Greame built Sewerby Hall on the site of the old manor house in 1715 and the property was gradually extended over the years , being completed by the adding of the conservatory in Victorian times . |
| 10 | The programme was gradually effected over the years , with interruptions for the trailer and OMO programmes , the last car 709 being rebuilt in 1980 ! |
| 11 | It was probably completed over the weekend of March 27 . |
| 12 | It was probably steered over the stern by a large paddle . |
| 13 | A man was later charged over the ‘ pure fluke ’ find near Amersham , Bucks . |
| 14 | Concern was also expressed over the growing disparity between living standards in Phnom Penh and in the rest of the country . |
| 15 | It was also splashed over the back seat of the car , which was then set ablaze by the pair , who then fled into the darkness . |
| 16 | There was astonishment also at what Sylvie Guillem could do with her legs , and excited suspense was also manifested over the question of whether Inès de la Fressange was coming or whether she had been deemed to be too much associated with Chanel and had therefore , in spite of being a close personal friend of Christian 's , been unceremoniously dumped . |
| 17 | In a union in which both the lobon-gur solution and the rice-salt solution had been taught , LGS was also preferred over the rice-salt therapy , despite the recognition by the mothers of the fact that children treated with the latter recovered from diarrhoea and vomiting more quickly than those treated with LGS . |
| 18 | ‘ Davey was really hauled over the coals the following Monday . ’ |
| 19 | Broad transparent colour was then placed over the top to complete the effect , with minor details added as necessary . |
| 20 | A net was then stretched over the pond . |
| 21 | A seven lumen manometric catheter , with recording orifices radially oriented and spaced 15 cm apart ( Arndorfer Medical Specialities , Greendale , Wis ) , was then advanced over the guidewire . |
| 22 | A hydrophone — an under-water microphone — was then lowered over the side as the launch pitched violently in a heavy swell and winds gusting to more than 40 miles per hour . |
| 23 | It was 1747 before trouble was again encountered over the question of the collectorship , and at that time the office had been held without dispute for several years by Michael Elphinstone of Quarrel , whose election had been secured by an alliance of the Duke of Montrose and Lord Elphinstone . |
| 24 | This was continually increased over the lifetime of the Canberra force , with several B.2s being converted to T.4s . |
| 25 | The effectiveness of the new law allowing confiscation of drugs profits was amply demonstrated over the years that followed and soon the extent of the huge profits being made by the big drug smuggling rings was revealed . |
| 26 | The capacity of EC member countries to present a united front on the world political stage was sorely tested over the Gulf crisis . |
| 27 | In other cases the first question will be to decide whether a contract was actually formed over the telephone . |
| 28 | Near as we can make out , the SunSoft Inc deal with Motorola Inc for Solaris on PowerPC is very fresh : it was likely completed over the weekend of March 27 ; weekends are getting popular for closing — the Common Operating Software Environment was n't a deal until the evening of Sunday , March 14 . |