Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] be [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I had spoken to two of the many tourists that must be coming over to pay their respects to this capital of capitals . |
| 2 | If conservationists manage to save the leopard , bobcat and alerce , they may lose some of the battles that will be fought over dozens of other issues including proposals to increase protection for hair seals and whales , to decrease protection for Nile and saltwater crocodiles , and to weaken controls in the trade in ivory and sea turtles . |
| 3 | Interior panels can either be of fairly basic wood that will be papered over , or fancy panelling , such as oak , that will be left bare and make a modest property look like a stately home . |
| 4 | Any matters referred to in the replies , which will need to be taken into account on completion — eg details of the title deeds that will be handed over , the standard requisition as to production of last receipts , a requirement that an outstanding mortgage should be discharged on or before completion , an undertaking of some sort to be given on completion — should be marked " Completion " so that when you come to prepare your completion agenda , these matters can at once be picked out , and no further lengthy perusal of the replies will be needed . |
| 5 | That is something that can be argued over in specific instances . |
| 6 | The trauma captured in splitting is that one is n't there ; the same trauma that castration comes to symbolise is that one is incomplete ; the trauma that can be lived over and over again in the endless by-ways of life 's failures and imperfections . |
| 7 | A very fresh addition to the arcade section , great fun and one that can be played over and over again . |
| 8 | Apply a wood preservative that can be painted over or varnished afterwards . |
| 9 | Once an imbalance occurs between the number of males waiting to acquire units and the number of units that can be taken over or entered , the system could go into a series of oscillations which would be self-perpetuating , at least for some time . |
| 10 | In the end support staff act as information switches and this is exactly the sort of function that can be taken over by electronic data processing . |
| 11 | ANDY and Fergie 's Dallas-style mansion — dubbed ‘ Southyork ’ by the locals — is now a £1,000-a-day ghost house and should be turned over to the homeless , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 12 | At the time of privatisation it was well known that the city bus station was subject to a compulsory purchase order by the council and would be taken over for whatever sum . |
| 13 | If the ground is vacant , and can be dug over , this is by far the best policy ; the time and effort is worth it . |