Example sentences of "[be] [verb] over [coord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Inadequacies were glossed over and the focus of attention became the necessary defence of the revolutionary Soviet state , the guardian protector of peace , freedom and equality , currently threatened by a barbaric and expansionist fascist state .
2 ‘ The front has been blown away , a wall is keeling over and the ceiling has been badly damaged .
3 The undergrowth 's taking over and the dust is piling up , but Longfords Mill may yet gain a new lease of life .
4 This was vaulted over and the construction arches of the vault survive remarkably intact ( PLATE 38 ) .
5 And the engine man he was on his knees beside the engine the engine was sticking over and the officer was in charge watching when we was watching the boat coming towards the grating you know .
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