Example sentences of "were [vb pp] over the " 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 | The academics ' letter to The Independent , for which signatures were gathered over the past fortnight , expressed dismay at the damage it said had been inflicted on universities and polytechnics since 1979 . |
| 3 | All manner of Masters records were broken over the first 36 holes . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Although parts were scattered over the surrounding fields , the main body of the plane had landed in one piece . |
| 8 | Figure 5 shows their distribution with time ; 49% occurred in the first four seconds after the onset of the common cavity episode and 34% were scattered over the 5th to the 27th second after the onset of the common cavity . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A spokesman said more cash calls were expected over the next few months as members become faced with increasing demands from agents to meet large losses . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The allowances were varied over the years to take account of inflation , but were never particularly generous . |
| 13 | To these eight , a further thirteen children were added over the next twenty years . |
| 14 | Comfort 's hands were clenched over the carved , gilded footboard of the bed and her big grey eyes were anxious when Julia could at last focus on them . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | If there was no natural cover , camouflage nets were slung over the trucks , while the men tended to disperse themselves some distance away , preferably in the lee of a rock . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | The VAS were averaged over the first 3 days of admission ( any patient with data missing was omitted from the analysis ) and these means compared by Mann-Whitney U tests . |
| 21 | Most Christian churches in Britain were built over the original sacred sites at these points . |
| 22 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 23 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Within the two weeks confidently predicted by Havelock Wilson company after company and local shipowner association after association made its peace with advances in wages and on 28 June some 100 shipowners met in London and decided , among other things , on the standardisation of the local rates which were accepted over the next few days . |
| 26 | There were five of these sites and in the tot in total nine hundred and twenty eight operations were performed over the five sites . |
| 27 | The office windows were cleaned over the weekend . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A couple of days later the answers were supplied over the phone , indicating that this would indeed be the case . |