Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The k'va was the colour of straw because it had been cooked over boiling k'vass , an ale which was made from fermenting the raw grain , and it steamed gently . |
| 2 | Extremely , you know I mean if , if it had been checked over regular maybe or something like that , I do n't know how often it gets checked over or anything but you know er that gantry 's supposed to be you know , kind of really safe , so many sensors on it which are supposed to stop that from happening . |
| 3 | It also shows how far state medicine had been checked over sexual regulation . |
| 4 | Patients were immersed in water from the Nile which had been poured over divine statues inscribed with magical spells . |
| 5 | By mid-1982 , an acceptable compromise had been reached over European affairs , including the budget and agricultural policy . |
| 6 | Despite continuing reservations concerning " character " issues — throughout the campaign Clinton had been assailed over various aspects of his private life and judgment — there was evidence throughout April that many senior Democrats had accepted the inevitability of his nomination and had begun closing ranks around him in preparation for the campaign against Bush . |
| 7 | At the May 22 press conference Interior Minister Abdullah Kallal said that almost 300 people — about 100 of them members of the armed forces — had been arrested over recent weeks in connection with a coup plot directed by Ghannouchi . |