Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [adv] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 2 | He looked up into her wide blue eyes which were scrutinising him intently over the mug of tea which she was holding with two hands . |
| 3 | All she succeeded in doing was knocking it farther over the slithering groundsheet . |
| 4 | The knitting was in her lap and she was regarding me steadily over the spectacles . |
| 5 | Sally was throwing herself all over the place and seemed to be enjoying it . |