Example sentences of "was over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The revolution-that-might-have-been was over for the day . |
| 2 | School was over for the day and Sara had expected Jenny to arrive before this . |
| 3 | I was over on the island . |
| 4 | One day , a year later , I was over on the west side of the island . |
| 5 | She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck . |
| 6 | Alina was over on the far side of the room , sitting at her table with the lamp angled to spill across the pages of the scrapbook that lay open in front of her . |
| 7 | Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road . |
| 8 | Lunch was over on the ward when he returned . |
| 9 | We arrived here yesterday from Flinders at which place I was especially gratified to [ word not clear ] my acquaintance with the Natives and other things , and I should have left the island with a light heart and proceeded to Kings had [ not ] a fatal accident happened to one of the men who shot himself dead by incautiously pulling the gun from the boat with the muzzle toward his chest , the cock of the gun caught the seat of the boat and all was over with the poor fellow in half a minute . |
| 10 | ‘ They brought some other poor sod in , ’ he said , as if in answer to my question , ‘ but I was over behind the door and they did n't see me . |
| 11 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 12 | My friend Simon Jones was over from the States and I 'd promised him seats that night , and then forgotten all about it . |
| 13 | Kevin Stabb from the USA was over in the jam , or was it an illusion ? |
| 14 | By 1962 the boom period of Canberra usage was over in the UK as the bomber squadrons disbanded or re-equipped with the trio of V-bombers . |
| 15 | so I decided I 'd have a go in a factory , aha , and I come in it was over in the other place , the noise was unbelievable , really unbelievable . |
| 16 | Wimpey made a loss in 1991 of £16.1m but has restructured by selling off businesses and said earlier this year that it believed the worst was over in the construction industry . |
| 17 | Perhaps there had been a gust while he was over by the engine ? |
| 18 | The local boom in copper was over by the year of Waterloo , but mining continued until 1883 , and a windmill , whose tower remains , was built to help pump water from the quarry . |
| 19 | Meg was over by the fire . |
| 20 | ‘ My spirits , too , ’ agreed the old lady , throwing a wry glance at Theda , who was over by the windows . |
| 21 | Rafiq was over by the window , reading a technical magazine . |
| 22 | I waved to the toddling girl who was over by the window again , banging a fist on the pane and watching the rain drizzle down . |
| 23 | I was over by the Orchard and then this . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll say , ’ Ven snarled , and was over by the door , blocking out the light from the sitting-room when , ‘ I never did like my women that clinging ! ’ he barked brutally . |