Example sentences of "was [verb] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six weeks after battle was joined over the proposed ‘ rectification ’ of French spelling , the resistance fighters appear to have won the day . |
| 2 | Eventually , however , the navvies and engineers overcame the difficulties and the bridge was erected over the road and the foundations of the embankment were laid . |
| 3 | In France , a very tall but lightweight flèche was erected over the crossing . |
| 4 | ‘ What is it ? ’ he answered , standing , looking across to where the captain was kneeling over the fallen man . |
| 5 | One grenade was not found and was lobbed over a wall from one yard to another , injuring 40 prisoners . |
| 6 | Whitton almost broke the deadlock , rising to connect with a Frank Yallop cross , but his firm header was palmed over the top by Kelly . |
| 7 | It was formed over the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries by the Princes zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck , and displayed at Schloss Dyck , their picturesque Rhineland ‘ water-castle ’ in the north-west of the country near Düsseldorf . |
| 8 | But this time the England striker 's shot on the turn was diverted over the bar by Eric Young 's outstretched leg . |
| 9 | United started off like express trains despite that too weak lay off , in the second minute , Martin Foyle broke clear into the box on the left side , and from a tight angle goalkeeper Bob Bolder blocked the ball with his feet ; a minute later , Les Phillips ' shot was diverted over the crossbar by the foot of Alan Kernigan . |
| 10 | Enthusiasm was sustained over a number of weeks , read out in instalments to the class and eventually produced as a book . |
| 11 | The man was stooped over the sign in a ragged butler 's outfit with trousers that were too short , exposing his white ankles . |
| 12 | The smoke from the incinerator made Harry blink and cough , but Morpurgo , who was stooped over the very top of it , seemed unaffected and still he paid his visitor no heed . |
| 13 | Circumstances can arise which are difficult to anticipate ; for example , one site with which the author was involved was situated over a mile from the sea , but part of the site was on ground made up from Elizabethan times and included a harbour wall . |
| 14 | The secular and religious authority enjoyed by this clan was recognized over the years in an ever wider area of the country , and during the seventh century the head of the clan used the title of emperor or empress on the Chinese model . |
| 15 | It was hanging over the side of the quarry , and she might have missed seeing it if the handles had n't been bright-red . |
| 16 | " One day a neighbour opposite came to tell me my little boa was hanging over the other side of the railings on our landing . |
| 17 | She was hanging over the wrought-iron balcony above the gardens , pointing to the pink and white marquees flapping gently in the breeze like grounded hot-air balloons . |
| 18 | Chairman , can I say briefly that the merger and I 'm quite pleased that we 've finally er there is a death knell to this this awful word , it 's been bandied on for far too long , it 's been perhaps the single most controversial issue that has been debated by this authority along with some other mediocre issues and no one here would not admit er to the fact that it has been opposed on such massive scale and even today we 've had a further petition of three hundred and ninety five people opposing er this this this dreadful merger decision that was hanging over the er the the two centres and I 'm pleased that er this this er amendment , this er er erm this petition was brought forward today because it does indicate the continuing support and opposition to er the the kind of things that we should be doing and and those that we should n't . |
| 19 | He was being sick right and he was hanging over the banisters like this these flats and I could n't stop laughing . |
| 20 | An hour and a half later , I arrived at the University , put down the ramp expecting to find Arthur dead , and there he was hanging over the partition , looking for the show … |
| 21 | Buddhism , like Hinduism from which it emerged , is also a scientific teaching , and the Swastika borrowed from the Hindus is a symbol of esoteric Buddhism and as such was placed over the heart of the Buddha , stamped on the breasts of departed Initiates and planted wherever Buddhists have left their mark . |
| 22 | With the body encased , the top lid — with the merest ghost of a form — was placed over the lip of the main case , as one would the lid of a shoe-box , and soldered with a 3/4-inch iron . |
| 23 | The links between politics and patronage can not have been beneficial to the efficiency of the customs service as a revenue-collecting agency , for all too often strong political interests could secure an important post for a man with little or no experience who was placed over the head of men far better qualified than himself , and presumably resentful of their own failure to secure advancement . |
| 24 | The idea that science should be expressed in someone else 's language , the compulsory ‘ the test-tube was placed over the bunsen burner ’ , may disadvantage many pupils but especially girls if that other language is seen to be part of the world of men . |
| 25 | I awakened Taff at first light ( for stand-to ) as the early morning Normandy mist was gathering over the fields and hedgerows . |
| 26 | A project to research the method was undertaken over a period of approximately one year on a part-time basis ; at various stages a number of different practitioners from management services disciplines were involved , each receiving some informal training on the principles and practice of soft systems analysis . |
| 27 | This case study was undertaken over a period of two months through a series of day visits to the school . |
| 28 | Whaddon saw their acceptance into the Combination as the first tentative step towards professional League football , and work was undertaken over the next five years on building and improving basic facilities at ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 29 | There was a banquet , shared by all his captains , when gold plate , money and villages were freely dispensed and no man , Mameluke or white , was favoured over the other . |
| 30 | Marco was stepping over the spasming limb as if the robot was n't there . |