Example sentences of "was [adv] over [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The game was effectively over by the interval , with Celtic having built up a four-goal lead through Graham Nichols ( 2 ) , Kevin Messenger and Tom Shepherd . |
2 | He had thought it was all over for the Bookman and that the acid had not worked . |
3 | THEY thought it was all over at the BBC 21 years ago when they switched off the most famous football commentating voice of all , Kenneth Wolstenholme . |
4 | it was all over at the start of the second half … it took Millwall just 17 seconds and ten touches to win the game … |
5 | Even with more time lost , it was all over before the last hour . |
6 | The collapse of the Empire in 1814 and the fall of Napoleon I brought about a dispersal of the Imperial House and although the return of Napoleon from Elba in 1815 led to a restoration of the family fortunes , it was all over in the Hundred Days . |
7 | It was all over in the 10th . |
8 | As the fighting was apparently over by the time he attended the German emperor Conrad II 's imperial coronation in Rome in March 1027 , the most likely year for Holy River therefore seems to be 1026 , or conceivably , if operations were protracted , 1025 . |
9 | The court held that the theft was not over by the time the lady was tied up . |