Example sentences of "were [verb] over by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They denied the allegations and last month three were bound over by a Liverpool stipendiary magistrate , despite the CPS successfully appealing against a decision that proceedings against the four be stayed . |
| 2 | Now I have nothing against Terry as a person , although I do not think I would cross the road to help him if he were run over by a lorry , but that is neither here nor there . |
| 3 | Polly 's duties were taken over by a Groses ‘ bus of Northampton . |
| 4 | In 1988 , however , the MSC was disbanded as a separate , semi-autonomous organisation , and its functions were taken over by a new section set up within the Department of Employment , originally called the Training Agency but later renamed the Training , Enterprise and Education Division . |
| 5 | We thus ask the following question : what would happen if a competitive industry were taken over by a single firm which then operated as a multi-plant monopolist ? |
| 6 | Whe when you were did n't it happen Mrs that when you were playing in the street one day , you were knocked over by a tram ? |
| 7 | I wonder if I were to kill her , if she were dead , if she were knocked over by a car , would that make the jealousy , that mixture of anxiety , grief and fear of exclusion , simply stop ? |