Example sentences of "[verb] do [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I make it plain , as my Department has done consistently over the past three years of consideration of the Bill in the House , that this is indeed a mammoth project , that the appraisals of such a project inevitably change over time as the project changes in costs and revenue . |
| 2 | It is very effective , in that it can be used to cool an extinguish solid combustibles and flammable liquids , and systems which apply it can be made to do so over a limited ‘ volume ’ of the racking where the fire is i.e. the fire can be ‘ pin-pointed ’ . |
| 3 | Just finally looking back over a career that spans now five decades , is there anything you 'd have done differently over the years ? |
| 4 | Labour leaders had done well over the past few years to present themselves in Washington as solid members of the alliance and as social democrats more than socialists . |
| 5 | And if he and his secretary had returned , she felt she stood a better chance of establishing an interview by calling in person rather than trying to do so over the phone . |
| 6 | He told a news conference : ‘ I am very happy with their progress so far and I think they will continue to do well over the next few days . |
| 7 | Few have done more over the years to encourage and inspire the growth and development of tennis by putting it on as professional footing as possible . |
| 8 | Fewer than 1 in 5 of the men in our sample has confined his sexual experience to a single partner , though two-thirds of them have done so over the last 12 months . |
| 9 | Mr Deputy Speaker I 'm just about to come on the South Wales police but I will answer the point directly , er I and my honourable friend the parliamentary secretary are always willing to discuss with local government , matters relating to local government finance and we have done so over the months leading up to this settlement and my honourable and right honourable friends in the Home Office are always willing to discuss matters on the police er where they are important and warrant a ministerial meeting and that again has happened recently with the Home Office min minister discussing this very issue . |
| 10 | Some bank loans are provided in the form of a standby-credit or commitment which means a bank will provide funds if required to do so over a stated period , either on a fixed or floating rate basis . |