Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were taken over 18 months ago , and there were certain assurances given at that time , ’ Mr Torpey said . |
| 2 | Observations were taken over three weekdays within a few days of each other to cover the period between 8.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. , so that at each datapoint there were 1980 ( 11 hours x 60 minutes x 3 ) observations of activity for each individual . |
| 3 | Three venous blood samples ( 10 ml each ) were taken over 30 minutes for fasting gastrin estimation . |
| 4 | ‘ I was turned over four years ago and freely admitted my sexual limitations . ’ |
| 5 | More than £1.2 billion was handed over last year , although the amount is due to decline until 1998 when the levy will be discontinued . |
| 6 | When I saw him stood upright before me , I could not be sure to what extent he was hunched over due to infirmity and what extent due to the habit of accommodating the steeply sloped ceilings of the room . |
| 7 | He was hunched over next to her , clutching at his stomach . |
| 8 | As already implied , the content of the foregoing speculations on the source and scale of man 's capability for life enjoyment and all that it could mean is , of course , hypothetical , and in any case the development was spread over millions of years , but it does however provide a basis for thought which does not require the invocation of the supernatural . |
| 9 | This photograph of SWANAGE BAY was taken over fifty years after Morton Pitt 's brief sojourn in Swanage , yet there is surprisingly little change . |