Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv prt] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | The counterfeit cheques , for sums between £20 and £60 , were made out over a five-month period from March last year . |
| 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 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 8 | I made contact , and the arrangements were firmed up over the next week . |
| 9 | When this happened , say Hoyle and Wickramasinghe , the organic molecules within the comets were spewed out over the land . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The patients were followed up over the one week period of the challenge and , for longterm tolerance ; they were seen one month later . |
| 12 | When these series were put out over the air the BBC , then a monopoly , published pamphlets to accompany them . |
| 13 | In the evening , the names of those who had been picked from the line-up were read out over the camp tannoy . |