Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] be [v-ing] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two snub-nosed bristle-headed boys were looking over my shoulder in bright-eyed interest . |
| 2 | Currently in Britain , private companies are taking over the running of the big training schemes . |
| 3 | He pops down to the shop every now and then to make sure things are ticking over . ’ |
| 4 | The buff-coloured boxes were hanging over their shoulders . |
| 5 | The trees shook , even the ground beneath me shook , as I suddenly realised that a salvo of heavy shells was passing over at tree height , and everyone — including the prisoners — scattered in the direction of the dug-outs ; the salvo hit the ground a short distance away with an almighty roar , the explosions throwing debris over a wide area . |
| 6 | There 's a poster beside one of the machines — ‘ DO N'T DISREGARD — REPLACE THE GUARD ’ , it says … you have to laugh — there are no guards , they were taken off the machines to up the production , they only put them on when the big bosses are coming over from the States to inspect the place — the place really gets cleaned up then . |
| 7 | Elsewhere , however , other styles were taking over . |
| 8 | The big blue eyes were brimming over again and he sat beside her and put one arm around her . |
| 9 | One of the other newcomers was hurrying over . |
| 10 | Perhaps because she had not previously been living in London , Moira observed precisely what it was that dozens of well-bred young ladies were enthusing over ; the long pin-tucked nightdresses , which no one else was making , to wear as day or evening dresses . |
| 11 | In response , certain players are procrastinating over signing their contracts — the deadline was on Monday — with the tour organisers . |
| 12 | It is possible that local managers were looking over their shoulders in planning ahead ; there was little pressure on them from the informed public to achieve rundown and disperse asylum services . |
| 13 | It is in the small area of our own conscience and our own personal behaviour that the good angels and the bad angels are wrestling over our souls , an idea which is both stupendous and slightly comic . |