Example sentences of "[be] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't be over suspicious and try not to over react — this could be unfair on your child . |
| 2 | Although the worst of the depression may now be over there will be a longer-term impact on compny profits , said Dr Richard Roberts , construction economist with Barclays Bank . |
| 3 | Typically , the first action he describes was a mistake : the bombing of Freiburg at the beginning of the war by a squadron of the Luftwaffe believing itself to be over Dijon . |
| 4 | The first type tend to be over more mundane matters , with the third being the more serious . |
| 5 | But God is supposed to be over our heads — that is the whole point , he said . |
| 6 | But God is supposed to be over our heads — that is the whole point , he said . |
| 7 | Surely I should be over the field in no time . |
| 8 | Now that the very first crops are out of the way , most crops would appear to be over the 6.25/ha ( 2.5t/acre ) mark . |
| 9 | It is always best to be over generous with foundations since any cracking which occurs here will immediately cause cracking in the wall itself . |
| 10 | In many of the large catchments to which the DoE refers , impact of nitrate may now be over the limit for only a week each year , but in future it may be for two weeks , then three , then a month or more : when does the UK propose to take action ? |
| 11 | Returning through Bologna he passed various tests for membership of the Accademia Filarmonica and was awarded a diploma , the conditions of entry , stipulating that members must be over the age of 20 , having been waived on this occasion . |
| 12 | By 2001 there will be over one million people aged 85 and over , representing 13% of all elderly people . |
| 13 | But perhaps I 'm going to be proved to be over innocent in thinking that is a viable approach . |
| 14 | I was entrenched on the top of Eagle 's Piece , with a huge stone under my wheel and the only way out seemed to be over the edge , most humiliating . |
| 15 | If the report looks as if it will be over 15–20 pages you should be having second thoughts about its suitability . |
| 16 | Always remember that too much of any essence can be over stimulating , or in the opposite extreme , stupefying — so please use the oils in the correct concentrations ( see page 48 ) . |
| 17 | The more thoughtful among them point out that although many parts of the service may be over the heads of the kids , it is nevertheless directed at all worshippers and no part of the service ought to be segregated from another . |
| 18 | An obvious possibility was forsc = frog , but the combination with ‘ enclosure ’ appeared not to be over logical . |
| 19 | Even my most basic pre-set question ( ’ How many people are talking ? ' ) proved to be over their heads , so I rewound the tape and tried again . |
| 20 | If I found it — well , I 'd be over the moon . |
| 21 | It would certainly not be over stressing the point to say that Waugh returns a maturer player than when last seen sprinting up and down the wickets of Colchester and Southend . |
| 22 | Do n't be over ambitious |
| 23 | If asked where you would use a minor scale , the obvious answer would be over a minor chord , but if the chord was Am7£5 or Em7♭5 your choice of scale would have to be more precise . |
| 24 | In two or three years Luis , Patricio and Lorenzo would be catching up with Miguel 's cousins , and by this time Miguel , who drank and ate too much , might well be over the top . |
| 25 | As a result of her in fidelity and disloyalty to her country , the child was cursed from birth , rapidly growing to be over six-foot long with a snake 's tail and bat wings , and the head and mane of a black stallion . |
| 26 | And the more intense they are , the shorter the duration , so Anna should soon be over it . ’ |
| 27 | His belief that his fitness problems may at last be over stems from an unusual remedy — putting on weight as a conscious policy . |
| 28 | ‘ He just played with his food , ’ Chatterton frowned , ‘ and that means he must be over the crash period , which means his behaviour 's going to be difficult . ’ |
| 29 | The cops be over there again . |
| 30 | Long before the incriminating photograph turned up on Major Tzann 's desk , he would be over the Czech border and awaiting the transport which would convey him to Germany , and thence to the United States . |