Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not Beethoven playing for everyday listening perhaps , but rather a fine wine , to be pondered over , and deliberated upon at length before its true quality most fully reveals itself . |
| 2 | So much work still had to be done , so much work had to be gone over again . |
| 3 | But she was too bright and restless with happiness , the newly-stirred memories , to be gone over , noted and enjoyed , for any unhappiness merely because soup was denied her . |
| 4 | ‘ This area is to be gone over with a fine tooth-comb . |
| 5 | Her is an illustrated story to be lingered over and added to with discussion by adult readers or those introducing children not only to the magic of adventure and solid drawing but to the underlying message that is a sober reminder of our obligations to the life and lives of the earth . |
| 6 | One half has then to be turned over before the two halves are trimmed and married up . |
| 7 | Quite a small bevel is adequate for this purpose so in cases where a square has to be turned over , such a small bevel on each side is the solution . |
| 8 | The paper is clipped together by firm bulldog clips at the top edge of the required piece of hardboard , so allowing the charts to be turned over in an upwards direction . |
| 9 | And now Altarus has uncovered buried treasure where most of us did n't know there was a stone to be turned over , in this two-CD set of the six Piano Sonatas by Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté . |
| 10 | As they got one face off we 'd turn them , over , the pans had to be turned over and backs built you see ? |
| 11 | In addition , there are also certain to be one or two early mistakes which will need rectifying , and plans to be mulled over for next spring 's display . |
| 12 | Emma allowed herself to be led over to the sofa . |
| 13 | In an interview with William Hardcastle on BBC Radio 4 's ‘ The World This Weekend ’ , the text of which was published in the Irish News on 7 October , Craig introduced two themes which were to be repeated over and over during the next few days . |
| 14 | In a moment of horror , the shop assistant saw him , unforgettably : a little boy , wearing a badly-made blazer , who was going to be run over and killed . |
| 15 | to be run over and crushed by their own caissons in the dark . |
| 16 | Although not exactly dark , nor scary because Gloria was holding her tenderly , it was stuffy under the blanket and irritating to be covered over when you wanted to look out . |
| 17 | A certain area of the water surface can be allowed to be covered over by floating plants , especially if certain plants preferring shade or poor light conditions are grown . |
| 18 | They are also used in pots and containers on patios and courtyards , where they look attractive and are not so liable to be blown over as the taller full standard . |
| 19 | She was supposed to be sleeping at Lizzy 's house tonight and Lizzy was supposed to be staying over at hers . |
| 20 | But first there was the other thing , which we seemed to be glossing over and which could n't be glossed over . |
| 21 | ( Men find that they are able to be listed over and over again but that has n't been the experience of Helen Chadwick . ) |
| 22 | Here there are no words which could be said to amount to a request for property to be made over to Titius . |
| 23 | I replied that if Seius Oceanus ( to whom the estate ought to be made over when he reached the age of sixteen , under trust under the will of Seius Saturninus by the trustee-heir Valerius Maximus ) died before he completed the set period of time , the estate under trust belongs to the person to whom the rest of his property will belong , since the trust vested during his lifetime , that is if by postponing the time for payment the testator would seem rather to have granted the trustee-heir custody than to have imposed an uncertain term on the trust . |
| 24 | He was free to lay down what proportion of their produce was to be made over to him , and how many days in the week they were to work the fields he set aside for his own use . |
| 25 | Where Richard was during these years of military and diplomatic manoeuvring we do not know , but it is a reasonable guess that he was with his mother , since Aquitaine was her duchy and it was by her wish that it was to be made over to him . |
| 26 | The essentially political nature of this issue is rarely addressed publicly and explicitly , but sooner or later a decision will have to be made over whether or not those in possession of the rural landscape should be forced to cede some of their control . |
| 27 | If substantial public funds are to be made over to voluntary associations then , as Griffiths intimates , some form of audit ‘ becomes essential : and this raises the question of the independence of voluntary organisations , which is said to be one of their great virtues . |
| 28 | Botswana 's Director of Water Affairs confirmed that the contract for phase one of the project has been signed , but said that a decision had yet to be made over whether phase two was " viable " . |
| 29 | We 've all got to be looking over our shoulders . |
| 30 | You 've got two to be checked over ? |