Example sentences of "be [verb] over [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew those had been painted over ten years before , I said to him , ‘ Is this an old painting or a new painting ? ’ and he said , ‘ Well , I 've been working on it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But if you look at their records they have been knocking over leading Test match sides in this way for years . |
| 3 | Sudden plagues of these creatures have been occurring over recent years which settle upon living reefs and devour the coral polyps . |
| 4 | I AM walking over hot coals , supended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs . |
| 5 | ‘ I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs , ’ he said of the fight against anti-Europeans in his own party . |
| 6 | Midlands anglers are fuming over two rulings made by local councils which have struck a double blow to fishing in the Warwickshire region . |
| 7 | The earliest continental influences came to Japan from China , either directly or via Korea , and mutual attitudes between the two countries have been shaped over 1,500 years and more . |
| 8 | Skipper Adams was equally guarded , but said : ‘ We 're playing good football and we have n't been turned over this season . |
| 9 | On 18 August it met with the Health Authority 's officials and asked them to conduct a public health survey which it would pay for , mainly to reassure the public that , although the EC limits for aluminium had been exceeded over 500 times , and those for sulphate , copper , zinc and lead had also been broken , there was no long-term harm . |
| 10 | When you are passing over these mountains ( poynting with his finger towarde the south mountaines ) … you shall see another sea , where they sayle with ships as bigge as yours , using both sayles and ores as you doe , although they men be naked as wee are … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I think you 're talking over 40,000 spectators and a gross of close to £10 million . |
| 12 | A total of £76,000 has been promised over four years of which £57,000 is in hand now . |
| 13 | We have erm , managers of these funds who have a lot of expertise , a lot of experience , we 've been going over thirty years now , and we 've grown extremely quickly because of the expertise of our managers . |
| 14 | Almost $700 million had been invested over seven years in such things as home insulation , efficient lighting systems and triple glazing , resulting in a saving of 220 HW of electricity , about the output of a small power station . |
| 15 | About £250,000 had been spent over three years for work at the Dyslexic Centre and £34,000 went on research into the early identification of dyslexia . |
| 16 | Well , it was n't so funny for Arnold Palmer : it must have been blowing over forty miles-per-hour , and we 're playing with Roberto de Vicenzo and Max Faulkner in the afternoon . |
| 17 | 3.1 It is envisaged that the review of the modules will be undertaken over 3 years . |
| 18 | Thus in the valuable Brockman Iron Formation of the Hamersley Basin , bands about an inch thick are said to be correlatable over an area of some 20000 square miles and even microscopic varves within those bands can be traced over 185 miles . |
| 19 | At the time , the questions uppermost in our minds concerned the level of their motivation , which had to be sustained over three years , and the level of their eventual attainment . |
| 20 | In contests it has to be flown over four marker flags which makes it even more difficult . |
| 21 | It was announced on Oct. 26 , 1989 , that maturities of $386,400,000 with the " Paris Club " of Western creditor countries were to be rescheduled over 10 years with a six-year grace period . |
| 22 | Repayments on 86 per cent of this total would be rescheduled over 20 years ( with a 10-year grace period ) and on the remaining 14 per cent over 15 years ( with 10 years ' grace ) . |
| 23 | Repayments on this development assistance would be rescheduled over 20 years . |
| 24 | Official development aid loans ( worth US$4,100 million between them ) would be rescheduled over 20 years with a maximum grace period of eight years ( instead of five ) . |
| 25 | Looking back to the time when she could n't find reverse on her company car , Alison contrasted this with her new job responsibilities : ‘ Now I 'm driving over 2,500 miles a month , much of it spent on the M25 . |
| 26 | The Economy and Finance Minister , Enrique Braga reported on July 2 that the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) had agreed a new standby credit of US$150,000,000 , to be disbursed over 18 months , in support of the Uruguayan government 's economic programme . |
| 27 | Within the zone of space contained within the sight line , no construction or vegetable growth will be permitted over 500 mm high . |
| 28 | The Tan Thuan manufacturing and processing zone , to be built over six years , would offer favourable tax terms and import and export duty exemptions . |
| 29 | It was estimated that 40,000 houses would be built over three years with this money , to house some 250,000 people . |
| 30 | The reductions would be made over 10 years , starting in 1991-92 . |