Example sentences of "were [vb pp] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These references , which were given over the period continually to 1984 , undoubtedly had an effect on the ability of Berg to engage in large scale bill discounting transactions with other banks . ’ |
| 2 | As a result of her involvement in the policy group all 46 practices in Newcastle were consulted over the draft discharge and assessment arrangements and had an opportunity to influence them . |
| 3 | Scamp turned to reach down into one of the boxes of groceries that were scattered over the floor but I did n't see what he was after as Nevil was lifting me up by the shoulders . |
| 4 | While a large number of the items taken from Germany are held in special State-run storage facilities and are easy to work with , the majority of works removed from Russia were scattered over the world in the post-war period ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Then she flew high over the site of Callanish above the men and the fallen bodies of her kind which were scattered over the site . |
| 6 | From being able to cope just about ) with everyday life they were tipped over the edge into breakdown , from which only a few were able to re-emerge . |
| 7 | John Byrne , in The Headhunters , describes the British Steel search in detail : more than a hundred candidates from Europe , North America , South Africa and Australia were interviewed over the course of ten months . |
| 8 | ‘ Between 2½ and 3,000 passengers were attracted over the weekend showing that preserved diesel traction has a great following and a place in railway history . ’ |
| 9 | The pair were quizzed over the abduction of a woman who underwent a terrifying 15-hour ordeal after calling a cab to collect her from a pub . |
| 10 | Three letters were written over the pseudonym of ‘ Philippos of London ’ , two were signed by ‘ Zoophilus of Birmingham ’ , one by John Elderton of Bath , one by ‘ S ’ of London , and one by J.H. ( undoubtedly Huntingford ) . |
| 11 | Sometimes if there was a certain amount of urgency due to bad weather , or perhaps a very important operation , the observations were collected over the telephone link-up , with the Met Officer in charge listening in . |
| 12 | The office windows were cleaned over the weekend . |
| 13 | Four passes were needed over the course , but on the first three attempts engine trouble prevented completion , even though 314 mph was clocked on one pass . |
| 14 | He had a grey fringe round back and sides , although a few wisps that had once been fair or ginger were combed over the top . |
| 15 | A couple of days later the answers were supplied over the phone , indicating that this would indeed be the case . |
| 16 | Regions of interest ( ROIs ) were drawn over the liver , spleen , lungs , and left kidney ensuring that the liver ROI excluded the descending aorta and right kidney ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ We were shown over the house . |
| 18 | The favoured species , if that is the right adjective , tended to be locusts , pigs , and cattle , but Edward P. Evans , in his marvellous book , The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals , published in 1906 , lists numerous others , including eels , weevils , dolphins , and turtle-doves , that were prosecuted over the period AD 824–1906 . |
| 19 | The wine waiter came bustling along with the second bottle , compliments were exchanged over the wine , trout was selected and discussed . |
| 20 | Doubts were raised over the course of events during the revolution , with the NSF accused of being already in existence six months before Dec. 22 , waiting in the wings and " stealing " the revolution from those who made it . |
| 21 | Shell became knowledgeable about the possible pitfalls of RFI when , five years ago , objections were raised over the company 's plan to site a gas-separation plant near a NATO radio transmitter in St Fergus , Scotland . |
| 22 | Questions were raised over the fabrication of evidence . |
| 23 | Two rooms and a telephone were reserved for the CAB and , with a list of appointments prepared by the company , clients were called over the tannoy system to avoid queues . |
| 24 | Large tarpaulins were pulled over the hold whenever it rained , and most of the crew slept in their shelter . |
| 25 | Is he aware of the work that the Scottish Knitwear Council has been doing with departmental officials showing that in 1990 a total of 123,000 knitted garments in cashmere coming from China were dumped over the quota agreed ? |
| 26 | Schoolchildren in the US and the UK were linked over the system as they used their personal computers for discussion of the environment . |
| 27 | After a short break , Sugar 's next sortie was a ten-hour trip to bomb the Politz oil works where light flak and searchlights were encountered over the target . |
| 28 | Words were spoken over the bread and wine . |
| 29 | Even the girl 's parents were split over the use of her case in Tuesday 's broadcast . |
| 30 | The concourse was packed and he struggled to control his temper as he was jostled and shoved by passengers rushing for the boarding gates the moment their trains were announced over the Tannoy . |