Example sentences of "[was/were] over for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The days of immediate response and speedy marches were over for Charles with such a complex and expanding realm to govern ; two years passed before he invaded the Avar lands in retribution . |
| 2 | ‘ If I told you lessons were over for the day and you could go swimming , no doubt a miraculous recovery would take place . |
| 3 | Studies were over for a few months . |
| 4 | I thought you were over for that |
| 5 | But the little game was over for Erika . |
| 6 | All that was over for her . |
| 7 | The revolution-that-might-have-been was over for the day . |
| 8 | Every year on the Wednesday evening , after going up to bed , I used to stand at my window and gaze towards the fair some five hundred yards away , watching the flickering lights and hearing the screams and music , feeling quite sad that the show was over for another year . |
| 9 | It was over for quite a few of our friends and neighbours . |
| 10 | The tormenting life of the desert was over for him and his family . |
| 11 | It was over for weeks ago that we last publishd a programe , as finansises have been moch two tite for such extragavance . |
| 12 | But within months , he was telling friends his marriage was over for good . |
| 13 | Doubtful if he ever dented a heart ; more than likely he gave quite a number of hearts a new lift after they 'd imagined the ball was over for them . |
| 14 | The day we drove to his mother 's great big house with its green lawns and clipped hedges , I knew that my war was over for ever and Raymond was by my side . ’ |
| 15 | School was over for the day and Sara had expected Jenny to arrive before this . |
| 16 | I really enjoyed it , but I was glad when it was over for it was very tiring . ’ |
| 17 | The nightmare was over for them — it was the living you really felt for . ’ |