Example sentences of "were [vb pp] over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if the base of the wall could not be penetrated , movable towers were built which could be wheeled up to attack the wall from without ; in the longer sieges , such as that of Antioch during the First Crusade , fixed towers were erected over against the walls to harry the defenders and enable a watch to be kept on them . |
| 2 | As it does , old divisions that were welded over by the fight against communism will reappear . |
| 3 | There was scarcely any time for a cigarette before we were hustled over to the equipment store . |
| 4 | The judges said they were won over by the sheer fun of its output . |
| 5 | Ponds were frozen over in the London parks and a thin but icy fog concealed the raw branches of the winter trees . |
| 6 | Although he produced valuable results at St Andrews , his major contributions did not come until later , as half the time he spent there coincided with the First World War , when the laboratories were turned over to the production of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals . |
| 7 | RIBA Companies Ltd , was then set up to oversee the management of these companies , the shares in which were transferred over by the RIBA . |
| 8 | In evidence earlier this week Lord Aldington , 75 , formerly Brigadier Toby Lowe , who was chief of staff to General Sir Charles Keightley , commander of the British Army 's V Corps in Allied occupied Austria , said he had not known until 1979 what had happened happened to the Yugoslavs when they were handed over to the forces of Marshall Tito . |
| 9 | From there they were handed over to the Americans , who suspected them of being spies and treated them accordingly . |
| 10 | The six trains for which the LMS were responsible were handed over to the Military authorities in less than three weeks . |
| 11 | The doors , after being fitted in this gauge , were handed over to the coach finishers , who fitted the casing boards , either of walnut or mahogany . |
| 12 | Mr. Mason remained with the Tramway companies , but the three electric-lighting offices and show rooms were handed over to the new authority . |
| 13 | The project report and maps dealing with the regional geology and gold potential of part of the western flank of the Cordillera Occidental of south-west Colombia were handed over to the counterpart organisation . |
| 14 | The building and the organisation were handed over to the new body of Guardians of the Bedford Poor Law Union , on November 7th 1836 . |
| 15 | They were kicked senseless and then handed over to the Military Police who locked them up in the roofless regimental prison before they were handed over to the Colonel of the Regiment for interrogation and questioning . |
| 16 | But after a while , after a while we were handed over to the er Spanish fascist authorities , proper . |
| 17 | The transcripts were handed over to the Serious Fraud Office , and duly and properly given to the defendants in the criminal proceedings . |
| 18 | According to a member of the Lebanese Security Services they were transferred to Libya , where the RCF had its headquarters , and on Jan. 8 the Phalangist Radio Free Lebanon reported that Walid Khaled , the RCF spokesman in Lebanon , said they had been " moved to a friendly country in preparation " ; on Jan. 12 Sa'id was paroled and sent to Libya , and the hostages were handed over to the Belgian government . |
| 19 | The documents were handed over on the grounds that this could be compelled under section 2(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 . |
| 20 | Instead , the presidential insignia and other symbols of government were handed over by the president of the anti-communist Polish government which had been in exile in London since 1939 , Ryszard Kaczorowski . |
| 21 | Brothers Ernest and Michael Robinson of Thompson Grove , Hartlepool , were bound over in the sum of £100 to keep the peace for six months after a fight with another man in York Road . |
| 22 | They were crossed over to the opposite treatment after a fourth assessment ; patients and investigators then chose blindly the more effective gas for the dyspnoea . |
| 23 | Knives and forks clattered down and forms were kicked over in the uproar which followed . |
| 24 | The motorwagons were pulled over to the side of the interstate when the Psychopomps ’ advance scouts first sighted them . |
| 25 | Everyone gathered together in the room next to our barrack room for meals , which were brought over from the main kitchens somewhere else in the citadel . |
| 26 | Like the 1920s stock before them , 1938-design vehicles were shipped over to the island to provide a moderately more comfortable service between Ryde and Shanklin . |
| 27 | The C3 was built at Aeronca 's Lunken Airport , Cincinnati , plant , and in 1936 , 16 were shipped over to the delightfully- named Aeroplane Exchange & Mart Limited of Hanworth Air Park . |
| 28 | If either were run over by the proverbial bus , his replacement would carry on as before . |
| 29 | Open field sites in the vicinity of London were taken over for the construction of studios in the belief that it was heaps of brick and iron rather than organizational flair that explained the success of Louis B. Mayer or Samuel Goldwyn . |
| 30 | In fact , 32 houses , 3 churches and 2 gardens were taken over for the building of the Clementinum or Jesuit College . |