Example sentences of "were over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thick pink towels were stacked on a rack , other pink towels were over a rail . |
| 2 | Once they were over the shock she was accepted as being a decorative new addition to the team . |
| 3 | We slashed across the shank of the island , then we were over the anchorage and I had a glimpse of a sailing boat 's shadow black on the bed of the lagoon before our own winged shadow whipped across a gaggle of powerboats . |
| 4 | We were over the lagoon now , racing towards the northern strands of the Devil 's Necklace , but low enough so that the wash of our twin propellers was whipping the blue water into a wake of white-hazed foam . |
| 5 | And then they were over the bar into a small , natural harbour and the deck steadied beneath her feet as Penry piloted the boat skilfully into a mooring where the Angharad would wait for their return . |
| 6 | The horse-lines and baggage were over the river . |
| 7 | ‘ The Colonel said you were over the moon when he broke the news to you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We were over the moon and had a great sense of achievement — as if we 'd done something terribly clever , ’ says Susi , who has just given birth to her first baby . |
| 9 | The Princesse came to greet them as soon as they were over the threshold . |
| 10 | Underfoot the ice creaked and groaned dubiously : we were over the sea . |
| 11 | But after the wars were over the government cleared off the backlog of prisoners by arranging , in the 1718 Act , to pay a subsidy to merchants to take them across the Atlantic , and it also gave the judges the right to impose a sentence of up to 7 years transportation . |
| 12 | As soon as the civil greetings were over the earl with his nicely judged courtesy made to withdraw . |
| 13 | While Crawford and Ware were in the cradle , it stayed upright ; once they were over the side , it started tilting . |
| 14 | He would leave his position once they were over the target and would ‘ talk ’ the pilot over the target before releasing the bombs . |
| 15 | As soon as they were over the bridge , a driveway cut off to the left and their way was barred by huge wrought-iron gates . |
| 16 | Then they were over the coral , clear of it . |
| 17 | The angels who were over the desire nourished him . |
| 18 | It occurred to him that if this were over the Front he would be a gift for even the stupidest German pilot . |
| 19 | Siward 's men were over the stream . |
| 20 | Once they were over the channel , Biggins spoke into the intercom , |
| 21 | In the new Britain you were over the hill at twenty-five , never mind forty . |
| 22 | This last point could assume importance if , say , you were over the age of 50 or working in a field where the supply of skills exceeds demand . |
| 23 | This last point could assume importance if , say , you were over the age of 50 or working in a field where the supply of skills exceeds demand . |
| 24 | On the spur of the moment the other day I asked a seminar group of sixteen PGCE students ( a third of whom were over the age of thirty ) after a three-week preliminary block of school experience , whether they thought that schools were ( a ) fine as they were ; ( b ) in need of some modifications ; ( c ) failing a sizeable proportion of young people ; ( d ) seriously failing all young people . |
| 25 | Of the 60,000 nurses who were in training in 1986 , less than 10,000 were over the age of twenty-six . |
| 26 | Everybody ( and I must say at this point all participants were over the age of 16 , the legal age of drinking in Germany ) got very mellow and slept well . |
| 27 | Nine patients experienced minor leakage , six of whom were over the age of 50 ; such leakage , however , was of mucus only and of minor degree in five of the six patients , and the sole patient who experienced minor faecal leakage was assessed within six months of operation and has in fact improved after longer follow up . |