Example sentences of "over the two [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the first week was over the two small girls joined others in the schoolroom . |
| 2 | Although I have read only a summary of the one-day debate and not the full text of all the speeches , I believe that my impression is correct that the British hesitation over the two key areas was hardly referred to at all . |
| 3 | After a while I could see dimly by the light filtering through the sacking hung over the two narrow slits which are the Bunker 's only windows . |
| 4 | His orders were obeyed by more than 450 competitors but about 30 — they were apparently reluctant to lose their position at the head of the race - steeplechased over the two closed barriers and carried on running . |
| 5 | The collapse of the shogunate and the restoration of the Meiji throne was but one effect , from which a myriad of others flowed : the revival of Japanese nationalism and her imperial designs , the invasion of China , the florid plans for a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere , the bombast and cruelty of the Pacific War , the creation in America of the atomic bomb , its eventual use over the two great cities of Kyushu , and Japan 's consequent defeat , post-war disgrace , ruin and decay . |
| 6 | ‘ We shall be dining tête-à-tête tonight , ’ he announced , as Sabine 's eyes flickered uncomprehendingly over the two isolated covers laid on the massive dining table . |
| 7 | When the Girls left to get married at the end of each show , rather than risk Jennie 's haphazard choice of replacements , she sent over the two Head Girls who were almost resident in America , Rene Todd or Dorothy Sabine , to make their own selection . |
| 8 | Over the two consecutive years between 1 April 1969 and 31 March 1971 , a record was also kept of the date of publication of items issued to readers , where this had been entered on their call-slips . |
| 9 | The back is assembled and the piece of timber cut out to make the rail is laid ‘ in the square ’ over the two back uprights by hand , with a mortiser or router , the tenons cut and the piece fitted into place . |