Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be [verb] over the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sir , — I have been puzzling over the purpose of P. Cowan 's ‘ Democracy ’ letter . |
| 2 | ‘ Miss Russell and I have been talking over the past . ’ |
| 3 | Conversely , if you have been papering over the cracks of a relationship these same eclipses will seek them out . |
| 4 | We have been asked over the years to vote for a freeze on medical school places when juniors were unemployed , for more manpower when they were overworked , and for more consultants when they were having problems with their careers . |
| 5 | The period of calm after the year-end 1992 figures were out of the way and digested ended with a bang this week as Wall Street woke up to what we have been flagging over the past month — that estimates for IBM Corp 's first quarter performance were far too high , and that virtually no business was being done . |
| 6 | It will be a real chance to learn in a practical way many of the things we have been studying over the last few months . |
| 7 | ‘ What we have been doing over the last few weekends is exercising our right to search someone if we have a reasonable belief that they are carrying a weapon , ’ said Mr Wood . |
| 8 | We have been doing over the past few nights |
| 9 | Several other infinitely more damaging conversations involving him have been taped over the past few weeks . |
| 10 | By contrast , I make it clear that Labour believes it is right and just and should be the first priority for pensioners to get an increase of £5 a week for a single pensioner and £8 a week for a married couple , given the mean and miserable way in which they have been treated over the past decade . |
| 11 | You might think the only safe course is straightforward , sound , economic government and you might wonder therefore why so rarely in recent years Governments have practised it , except when they have been hit over the head by external forces and events that they could n't resist . |
| 12 | Love admits it will be very difficult for the players , who will be taking on opposition coming to the end of their season and in weather which will be completely different to what most of them have been experiencing over the past six months , though not to captain Bruce Russell , Iain Philip and Alastair Storie , who have spent the winter playing overseas . |