Example sentences of "[been] over " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've been over it for years .
2 A lot of my downfalls have been over Christmas .
3 Somebody 's been over it with a duster .
4 Unfortunately for the advertisers , the first battle has been over the least defensible product .
5 I outlined what my message had been over the past two weeks and would be at the Party Conference — that we stood by the National Health Service and had no intention of moving over to a new system of finance .
6 ‘ Do you think I have n't been over every inch of that argument a million times ?
7 Since enemy planes had been over the village , ‘ they have all lost their heads ’ .
8 He has returned to the Players ' Championship and the New Orleans tournament after a six-week lay-off with eight rounds in which he has not been over par and has been under five times .
9 Whether Ferndale Comprehensive has been over enthusiastic or not it does seem that one union at least seems to think that marketing is one of the deadliest of sins !
10 It can only be surmised that the Marquis was feeling pretty flush after a good win when he made that entry into his accounts , or the caddie was a highly favoured young man indeed , for four shillings at that time would have been over the top on the percentages that a caddie can expect from his round nowadays .
11 I 've never been over there . ’
12 Surely he should have been over the romantic stage by then .
13 In addition , access would have been over Midland metals , the route being Curzon Street via Exchange Sidings to Washwood Heath , the site of Saltley Works .
14 The war had been over a long time .
15 Then , too , a demand for a public inquiry into drug safety was turned down — the minister was Dr David Owen — as it had earlier been over thalidomide by David Ennals .
16 Perhaps I have been over enthusiastic about this project , but there was something about the schools I visited , and I am no stranger to African primary schools , which seemed to me to provide a recipe for steady progress .
17 Supper had been over a good hour and a half .
18 Your lads have been over this place with a fine-tooth comb .
19 Tim Gardener from Ashton , Gardener & Dyke runs the Cat & Fiddle — he 's been over there for years .
20 If there have beeb question marks in the past over Saucony shoes , it 's been over the durability of the midsoles in some of the older models .
21 When you were finally given this flat in February this year , you must have been over the moon .
22 A recent strand test showed that it has been over processed .
23 However , it became increasingly obvious during the next two years that the Ryder Report had been over optimistic about the market share of Leyland , and that even large injections of capital were insufficient to overcome the problems of poor labour relations , low productivity and entrenched attitudes .
24 The only difference of opinion so far has been over boxing .
25 For those white English women who are still in doubt , hear this … we are all over here because you have all been over there .
26 ‘ Forensic have been over the carpet with the fibre-optic lamp .
27 ‘ How many times have you been over here ? ’
28 I 've been over this part twice , and look at the water . ’
29 ‘ I asked if you had been over there yet ? ’
30 Of course he has been over it a million times in his mind , but when the normal glide speed is 160kts , with the drop tanks you should have 175kts , add another 15 on top of that to flare it from a descent , and he really needed 200 kts to make a decent landing in those conditions .
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