Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If we 're going to get over a hundred we 're going to need quite a a lot of cakes . |
2 | The Economist that bastion of left wing thinking commissioned an actuary to estimate the likely number of vacancies during a parliament ten point seven three sorry to be precise about this colleagues Tory MPs can be expected to die over a full five year term , I 'm sorry for being morbid . |
3 | Erm , another thing too it 's a , just a pity that that chap there , well both of them actually are standing whe pity they could n't be persuaded to move over a little bit because they are , you see this chap in a dark suit , he 's right against that very dark archway there . |
4 | Then there came it think it was the gearbox or something went on the gar , you know , because I tow a caravan , and the car just would n't pull the caravan , and it was going to cost over a thousand pounds and that like . |
5 | The southern leaf of the double doors was fixed open against the wall and the opposite leaf was fixed closed over a new infilling cavity-wall construction of concrete blockwork ( Fig 39 ) and Plate 8 ) . |