Example sentences of "was [verb] over [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their park was given over as a whole for building development , and laid out on the gridiron pattern in the middle decades of the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | The rest was given over to a bowling green and a large expanse of lawn ; the potential for change was enormous . |
| 3 | His feet hung clear of the stirrups , and he was arched over like a letter G in the saddle ; his reins had slipped down round his horse 's hoofs . |
| 4 | There are indications that the mill was turned over for a time for saw milling , and possibly even cider production . |
| 5 | The cheque was handed over at a party held in the Dundonald Ice Bowl . |
| 6 | The cheque was handed over at a party held in the Dundonald Ice Bowl . |
| 7 | The cheque was handed over at a party held in the Dundonald Ice Bowl . |
| 8 | The cheque was handed over at a party held in the Dundonald Ice Bowl . |
| 9 | His debt gathering work was handed over to a colleague once the legal aspects of it had been sorted out . |
| 10 | A CHEQUE for £250 was handed over to a group of intrepid disabled skiers at Lord Mayor Treloar 's College , Froyle , this week . |
| 11 | Undoubtedly Richard was handed over to a wet-nurse . |
| 12 | In the exercise of his remaining prerogatives the king was watched over by a Council of State — a miniature second chamber chosen by the king from a list submitted by the Cortes . |
| 13 | Emily , as a special treat , was staying over at a school-friend 's . |
| 14 | She raised the barrel skywards , and was tumbled over by a breaking wave . |
| 15 | He was pulled over by a policeman who verbally abused him after he had challenged the officer 's authority . |
| 16 | She was run over by a car travelling at excessive speed and overtaking on the wrong side . |
| 17 | ‘ Mouse ’ was to go on to a succession of schools — at all of which he was unhappy — and to Oxford , where he was run over by a train under circumstances which strongly suggested suicide . |
| 18 | PENSIONER Olive Smith was run over by a train — and escaped with just a small head cut . |
| 19 | During his last Chinese expedition in 1910 he broke his leg when his palanquin was swept over in a landslide , and he was lamed for life . |
| 20 | The original church here was taken over as a convent church when San Carlo Borromeo set up the convent for girls who had been orphaned by the plague . |
| 21 | Under a deal signed the following year , EPSI was taken over by a consortium formed by the Finnish chemical company Neste with the Portuguese companies Cortesi and Quintas & Quintas . |
| 22 | 1970 saw another change when the canteen was taken over by a catering company , and vending machines for hot and cold drinks , and snacks were provided . |
| 23 | On the grandfather 's death , the farm was taken over by a bachelor son who set about founding a Clydesdale stud . |
| 24 | The situation was brought to a head last year when a woman was knocked over by a bus in Prebend Row . |
| 25 | Blanche , smiling blandly so as to appear co-operative , was ushered over to a corner of the room to record the first of a series of television interviews . |