Example sentences of "were [vb pp] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven hundred police officers were attacked over Christmas . |
| 2 | In the 1870s leaders of the women 's movement , particularly teachers working for the extension of educational opportunities , were caught over support for the repeal campaign . |
| 3 | No hybridisation signals were seen over control sections . |
| 4 | Not the tiny ones which came packed tight in tins , but a fresh plump eight- or nine-inch variety which were grilled over charcoal in the open air . |
| 5 | Negotiations with the company produced some useful results , though we were disappointed that contaminated waste products produced during drilling were dumped over board . |
| 6 | Further unhappiness and a similar rift were generated over opinion and strategy in defence , where de Gaulle was striking out on a path different from that of the other Western allies , a path that culminated in the withdrawal of France from the NATO military command structure in 1966 , necessitating the removal of NATO headquarters from Paris to Brussels . |
| 7 | The subjects were fasted over night having abstained from diuretic drugs — that is , alcohol and caffeine , the evening before . |
| 8 | To measure the activities of SOD and glutathione peroxidase , the homogenates were sonicated over ice for two minutes . |
| 9 | In a further sign of improving links with black Africa , it was announced that during the weekend of de Klerk 's visit to Kenya , South African Airways flights were routed over west Africa for the first time for nearly 30 years , the government having secured overflight rights with Morocco , Mauritania , Mali and Côte d'Ivoire . |