Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two strips of waste wood were slowly fed over the revolving cutter and cramped to the table . |
| 2 | This may have been due to an accident , but two Ju88s of 5/LG 1 were badly damaged over Malta , presumably hit by A.A. fire and force-landed at Catania on their return . |
| 3 | His 70 appearances were only improved over that period by the evergreen John McCormick , goalkeeper John Jackson and the much younger Mel Blyth , and they tell us something of the fitness and sheer determination of the man . |
| 4 | The royal arms , which symbolized the supremacy of the crown over the church , were generally placed over the tympanum where the rood had previously stood . |
| 5 | Its name also implies that the mineral springs , which have continued in use until now , were once presided over by a patron deity called Arnemetia , goddess of the sacred grove . |
| 6 | The old bricks were still scattered over the foreshore . |
| 7 | Early in 1953 Britain and Egypt were still deadlocked over the future of the Suez base , while no settlement seemed in prospect to the dispute with Iran over the nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company . |
| 8 | Public Schools and grammar schools provided , or sought to provide , the same curriculum : it was traditional , and innovations ( like science , modern languages , or geography ) were stoutly resisted over many years . |
| 9 | Francis Pym 's dismissal from the office of Foreign Secretary was widely reported in advance during the 1983 general election ; the dismissals of Patrick Jenkin at Environment and Peter Rees at the Treasury in September 1985 were extensively trailed over the summer ; the same was true of Mr Biffen 's dismissal in June 1987 . |
| 10 | The BAF secretary , David Bedford , and treasurer John Lister — both seeking re-election — were also rapped over the knuckles for their part in a vote of no confidence delivered against Jones . |
| 11 | The Christian Democrats and other parties were also divided over Cossiga 's leading role in this political crisis . |
| 12 | In that experiment 19 enlisted men were repeatedly tested over a period of six weeks . |
| 13 | These low potencies were often given over long periods , and frequently mixtures of different remedies were used . |
| 14 | So will Nabisco pay the cost of therapy for those who were psychologically unhinged over the cornflakes ? |
| 15 | Having reached the initial , simple decision about lettering ( plain , unadorned and to the point ) and material ( unpolished limestone slab ) they were now floored over questions of layout and surroundings . |
| 16 | Almost 900 single GKM giants/supergiants in the Bright Star Catalogue were not detected in the X-ray survey ; these were well distributed over the H-R diagram ( Fig. 1 , top panel ) . |
| 17 | But opinions were equally divided over the Government 's recent record . |
| 18 | All the agencies they contacted , despite being willing to help , all reported that their staff were fully booked over the holiday . |
| 19 | Polyester cardigans were sometimes worn over their silks on a cold night , but pullovers were rather rough and for children , not for ladies . |
| 20 | While Nestorians went their own way , the orthodox were again split over the manner in which divine and human natures were united in the person of Christ . |
| 21 | The results of investigations in all patients referred by family practitioners to a medical gastroenterology outpatient clinic for the investigation of iron deficiency anaemia were prospectively collected over a 17 month period . |
| 22 | Cooper kept constant his production of cows and sheep in pasture during the length of his very lengthy career and , in spite of such a very narrow register for the subject of his painting , his works were steadily collected over the years . |