Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] over [art] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story got about over the years that his lectures were very obscure . |
| 2 | This is entirely due to excessive muscular tension building up over the years and pulling the bones of the spine closer together , by as much as two or even three inches . |
| 3 | We have taken various risks looking back over the years , like Wapping . |
| 4 | The Royal Bank of Scotland has designed a special account that allows you to provide for your children 's future and enable these savings to grow steadily over the years . |
| 5 | As young models , Liz and Vanessa become friends and then rivals , their lives linked inextricably over the years . |
| 6 | The complexities proved to be even greater than expected , particularly since the rate of claim for compensation increased considerably over the years up to the setting up of the committee . |
| 7 | Arctic waters show no increased radiation levels from nuclear waste dumped there over the years by Soviet authorities . |
| 8 | But the lesson of the Kennedy case is that if you have the chance to take another job before your redundancy has been confirmed , you may have to choose between safeguarding your future and cashing in on the job rights built up over the years in your present employment . |
| 9 | If the atmosphere is welcoming , then her presence is already there ; but take care that you put a little something back during your time in the house , because the saddest thing of all is to let that warmth dwindle away over the years . |
| 10 | ( The animal-based glue dries out over the years and like many a good duo , the two eventually split up to go their separate ways . ) |
| 11 | This proved to be quite unacceptable , and the French Code moved progressively over the years towards allowing judges more and more discretion to vary punishments on precisely these grounds . |
| 12 | The paint flaked off over the years . |
| 13 | The strength of the economy has been founded on small family businesses and farms built up over the years by hard work and self-denial . |
| 14 | I thought this was quite a plus actually , because we were able to get away with murder during the beginning , in some ways doing things that on paper looked very expensive but in reality balanced out over the year we were scheduled . ’ |
| 15 | It is simpler for golfers , of course , because there is an over-50 competition , besides which golf does not depend so much upon eye and agility and by using the wrinkles picked up over the years a player may still be competitive in his 50th year , as Raymond Floyd conclusively proved in the Masters at Augusta . |
| 16 | The company soldiered on over the years and , up to 1962 , still used the water wheel installed during Wight 's time . |