Example sentences of "[v-ing] over [num] [noun] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now I 'm out on the golf course whenever I can , walking over four miles and learning to cope with the frustrations of the game . |
| 2 | A large cafeteria seating over 300 people and offering full self-service facilities is situated at the rear of the Manor House . |
| 3 | Ranging over ten years and introducing a large number of characters , it managed to remain gripping , coherent , a lavish explication of family loyalties and obligation . |
| 4 | It would become known as the Aladdin Sane Retirement Tour of Great Britain , comprising over 40 appearances and culminating at Hammersmith Odeon for the famous final concert of June 3 , 1973 , when David announced his ‘ retirement ’ and that he would n't perform live concerts again for a long time — not for two or three years at least . |
| 5 | Using the Consumer Credit Act formula for interest rates as a means of interpreting these higher prices as the cost of mail order credit gives ‘ rates of charge ’ varying between 13.2 per cent ( for someone buying over 40 weeks and paying five per cent higher than in the shops ) and 102.8 per cent ( for someone buying over 20 weeks and paying 15 per cent higher prices than in the shops ) . |
| 6 | Using the Consumer Credit Act formula for interest rates as a means of interpreting these higher prices as the cost of mail order credit gives ‘ rates of charge ’ varying between 13.2 per cent ( for someone buying over 40 weeks and paying five per cent higher than in the shops ) and 102.8 per cent ( for someone buying over 20 weeks and paying 15 per cent higher prices than in the shops ) . |
| 7 | During 1976 , when the weather was warm and dry , record-breaking ozone levels were detected , reaching over 200 ppb and exceeding 60 ppb on half the summer days . |
| 8 | Additionally , other university extension courses extending over forty-eight hours and comprising twenty-four meetings were almost identical to WEA One-Year courses , matters which were to become of concern to the WEA in subsequent years . |
| 9 | Since early May , floods had affected 18 provinces and some of China 's most fertile land , killing over 1,700 people and leaving another 10,000,000 homeless , and causing losses of $7,500 million , according to a report on July 16 by the official news agency Xinhua . |