Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] over the " in BNC.

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1 In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains .
2 In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains .
3 Black rain clouds were scudding in over the Thames .
4 Extensive geological and geophysical surveys were carried out over the next two years , and the governments negotiated with an international group of banks interested in financing the construction of the tunnel .
5 When my right hon. Friend visits the United Nations , will he raise the issue of the RAF aircrew who were shot down over the Gulf , some of whom came from west Norfolk ?
6 The new measures , similar to those in force in Britain and the US , were drawn up over the summer by Mr Lang 's Ministry , which is said to be interested in extending the French insurance model to the whole of Europe .
7 I made contact , and the arrangements were firmed up over the next week .
8 She saw the building that Adolph Brückner had looked at on his arrival that day , the pain in his head threatening like the thunder clouds that were drifting back over the mountain tops .
9 When this happened , say Hoyle and Wickramasinghe , the organic molecules within the comets were spewed out over the land .
10 These little buildings were spreading out over the savannah in a game of checkers , with the goal of linking all the pieces into a chain of sound administration .
11 At Chalton in Hampshire and Cowdery 's Down near Basingstoke , the buildings were more regularly laid out but not extensive enough to be called villages , while at Catholme in Staffordshire and Thirlings in Northumberland , the earlier settlements had not only been abandoned , but probably forgotten when areas of ridge and furrow were laid out over the top .
12 The patients were followed up over the one week period of the challenge and , for longterm tolerance ; they were seen one month later .
13 Black clouds were rolling up over the forest to his right , which now looked hostile , as though it were waiting for him to make a false move ; to tall perhaps , so that it could advance and swallow him , like a wild animal .
14 Clouds were creeping up over the edges of the trees and the river 's surface was turning black .
15 When these series were put out over the air the BBC , then a monopoly , published pamphlets to accompany them .
16 In the evening , the names of those who had been picked from the line-up were read out over the camp tannoy .
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