Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] over the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I always felt close to Freddie in the studio , whether he was there or not , because we worked together so intensively over the years . |
| 2 | I always felt close to Freddie in the studio , whether he was there or not , because we worked together so intensively over the years |
| 3 | Er , it 's been coming in gradually over the years , but there 's been an awful lot of , of er , resistance by some manufacturers on what they say on their labels , and what they say about what they 're selling us , and er , if they 're gon na do this , and I 'm getting a , a slight suspicion , and I think Mr is , that , that it 's got to be done eventually , and we , we have to be able , as a buying public , to understand exactly what we 're buying before we actually get it home . |
| 4 | Butler 's examination of this policy from 1952 to the 1970s shows that the differences between the average list size of the four different areas have declined , but only slightly over the years and with a number of upward and downward fluctuations . |
| 5 | to have led him so gullibly over the hills |
| 6 | So it was ‘ all change ’ on Pig Street : Solomon Mead replaced Elizabeth Titford in the little dwelling house which had served the Titford family so well over the years , and Thomas Tuck began to see what kind of commercial success he could make out of the vacated butcher and chandler 's shop next door . |
| 7 | Central government , then , exercises considerable power , not only over the services it administers directly , such as social security , but also over those that are the local authorities ' own concern , such as education or personal social services . |
| 8 | all that , that they went through though over the years I mean , all , all he did |
| 9 | Slorne became still and took stance on the branch quite near to Creggan , her head tilting to one site , ant her eyes staring out at the sunset sky that rose massively now over the Cages . |
| 10 | He flew away silently over the trees . |
| 11 | Thunder rumbled in the distance and then rolled away again over the hills . |
| 12 | Now , I know our views on this will differ somewhat , but even the European Commission has publicly expressed its concern just recently over the levels of unemployment across Europe and about the international competitiveness of European industry compared with the rest of the world . |
| 13 | To meet this problem , most makes have polished smooth plastic handles — unlike one well-known manufacturer who , for many years and until only relatively recently , proudly proclaimed the brand name by imprinting it deeply all over the handles — which gave the user a good ‘ grip ’ , but therefore virtually ensured sore , blistered hands whenever there was much work to be done |
| 14 | This ‘ new thinking ’ in Soviet foreign policy was set out more fully over the months that followed . |
| 15 | A flock of chattering sparrows came over the Cages , landed on the grass by the litter bin where Woil had taken stance , and then twittered off again over the tigers ' cages . |
| 16 | In the light of all that , ladies and gentlemen , the choice of a speaker for the Charles Darwin centenary was not difficult , and indeed I know that he welcomed the opportunity to give this lecture , not least I 'm sure because of the controversies and the general noise that have erupted once again over the issues of evolution , both in the academies of the civilized western world , and even in deepest Arkensaw |
| 17 | I suppose it built up slowly over the years … ’ |
| 18 | Huge puffy ones started springing up all over the hands at the friction points in Vincente 's system of finger knots . |
| 19 | erm the minor awards or discretionary awards as they became and that 's erm , I was given this job and er that 's how it 's built up really over the years . |
| 20 | You know it seemed to be that we had a working rule that had functioned reasonably well over the years and all of a sudden he was tearing up various paragraphs that did n't suit him , and altering bits you know and changing them round just to suit the company , and all to our disadvantage . |
| 21 | Known , but somehow often overlooked , is the fact that Ellsworth Kelly he of the precise abstract geometries and the monochromatic fields has always kept a pencil within easy reach , taking it up regularly over the years to make line drawings , uninflected by modelling , chiefly of plants and flowers . |
| 22 | He played his third shot from the semi-rough to the left of the green , got it up fast over the bunkers and finished about six feet from the pin . |
| 23 | As with Frankie , so much of the pleasure is bound up with the sense of something breaking out all over the surfaces of everyday life , and you being in on it from the start . |
| 24 | I gazed out wildly over the crowds . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's funny to sit here in the warm sunshine , and think of all that going on here over the centuries . ’ |
| 26 | I think the defence as a whole unit has played tremendously well over the hols . |
| 27 | His suspension starts this Saturday , along with a two-match ban for Dicks , who is now even further over the 31-points mark after being booked in a stormy clash at Oxford United on Tuesday night . |
| 28 | You 're wobbling about all over the strings . |
| 29 | Despite having come a close second to every junior side in the county at least once over the years , as the senior side in the tournament it is hardly surprising that Athletico should have done remarkably well . |
| 30 | ‘ Jesus and I have got to know each other quite well over the years . |