Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] over [art] " 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 | Rather grudgingly a voice said , ‘ The Prime Minister ’ , and supporting voices were heard all over the room . |
| 4 | Savings groups were formed all over the country and children ran their own campaigns in schools . |
| 5 | During Friday 20 May and Saturday the 21st the fierce chase continued , during which some of the French ships were scattered all over the Channel ; a few , like the Spanish Armada before them , only escaped by sailing right round the British Isles . |
| 6 | Every St Kildan family owned a number of cleits and they were scattered all over the island , many of them convenient to the bird cliffs because ‘ fresh ’ birds were much heavier than those that had dried out , and everything had to be carried back to the village eventually . |
| 7 | He was standing next to her pebble , yelling through a megaphone at the other beetles who were scattered all over the sheet measuring up circles drawn round all the various pebbles . |
| 8 | On the other hand , its members were scattered all over the United Kingdom , which made a northern town central . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Vast amounts of capital and capacity were installed all over the world in expectation of continuing rising demand and no technological change . |
| 11 | We had a bit of a party in the Met Office that night , tearful farewells were said all over the place , and I departed the next morning with my kit and a bad headache , ready for whatever Fate had in store for me . |
| 12 | They were exhibited all over the world , and appeared in London at the Egyptian Hall in 1829 . |
| 13 | Twenty , 50 or 100 mg were infused intravenously over a period of 90 minutes . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | Then an attempt was made to get rid of it at 800 deg C in the west midlands but the incinerator needed to be at 1,200 deg C. The result was that the dioxins from Bolsover in the east midlands were transmitted all over the west midlands . |
| 16 | The counterfeit cheques , for sums between £20 and £60 , were made out over a five-month period from March last year . |
| 17 | These were used copiously over the years of Stormont rule . |
| 18 | Metal castings were exported all over the world and an industrial proletariat developed very early . |
| 19 | By the 1900s , British Arts and Crafts houses were admired all over the world . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 22 | I made contact , and the arrangements were firmed up over the next week . |
| 23 | The place was deserted , there was no sign of the family , smashed furniture and household goods were strewn all over the place . |
| 24 | The two , working together , made a formidable team , whose powers of persuasion were demonstrated clearly over the years by the Government 's support of major new initiatives , most notably the provision of the Causewayside Building , the second phase of which is now under construction . |
| 25 | When this happened , say Hoyle and Wickramasinghe , the organic molecules within the comets were spewed out over the land . |
| 26 | Three thousand men worked here once , producing slates that were shipped all over the world from the specially built Port Dinorwic on the Menai Strait . |
| 27 | They were shipped all over the world Spain , Australia and South America being popular destinations . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , in the late 1960s , mini-skirts were distributed all over the world and could be ( if preserved ) the index fossil for that epoch . |
| 30 | Max Jacob was homosexual , trying desperately to look distinguished in his top hat , evening dress , spats and monocle , whilst Modi 's affairs with women were known all over the quarter . |