Example sentences of "had [been] [verb] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been tracked over a three-year period by satellite and radio beacon and its movements have demonstrated that four separate currents affect the region of Antarctica near the Ross Ice shelf . |
| 2 | These had been developed over a one year period and had been fully piloted . |
| 3 | In early 1977 , for the first time in 30 years , campesinos in the central region of the country occupied land from which they had been evicted over a long period of time to make way for export crops . |
| 4 | A rope had been thrown over a low beam in the room and tied to the top of the Bookman 's cage . |
| 5 | Beer had been thrown over a local and Slatter was obviously to blame . |
| 6 | The material of the bags had been destroyed in the fire and most of the burned contents of the hold had been dispersed over a wide area . |