Example sentences of "it was over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was over a year before Charlotte was allowed to take her charge , a little boy called Edward , home with her to meet her family on her day off . |
| 2 | It was over a year since the war had started and , in that time , it had encroached even on remote Cramer . |
| 3 | It was over a year ago but it seemed even longer . |
| 4 | It is the lint and fluff on my old winter coat , stuck to the sleeves like dead bugs , and it is the same old towel hanging from the rack in my bathroom , stiff with decay but still pink , still the shape it was over a year ago , the last time I used it , the last time I shoved it across my stubborn wet flesh and up between my legs and rough through my tangle of sopping hair , the same hair , the same hair . |
| 5 | But it was over a year before the enormous propaganda potential of such a formation dawned upon the reluctant French authorities . |
| 6 | It was over a year ago about the gravel . |
| 7 | Well that 's what Lucy said , that it wouldnae lasted too long , I mean , it was over a year . |
| 8 | It was over a week since the children had been removed , and both police and the Social Work Department had said they had made independent investigations which had led to their decision to take such drastic action . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , it was over a week before he contacted Constance . |
| 10 | It was over an hour 's journey home at the pace funerals travelled , and the coffin was due in the parish church at six . |
| 11 | There was nearly a mile of dense woodland at this point before the swampy ground began and it was over an hour before Crane returned saying that no-one had passed on that side . |
| 12 | It was over an hour before the eldest boys came home from the park , during which time Ellie was made to sit quite still and not move . |