Example sentences of "well over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this aspect of the story Mr Sale is an invaluable guide and teacher , but he goes well over the top in his determination to present Columbus as the representative of a devilish western world driven only by the desire to rape , grab and despoil a land of innocence . |
| 2 | In Berlin itself , there are over 4,000 Vietnamese , most of whom live three to a room in cramped hostels , paying well over the odds for the privilege ( Germans living in the same accommodation pay considerably less ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I could n't believe it , especially when Graham Gooch had played so well over the last year . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ However , ’ says David Baldock of the Institute for European Environment Policy , which has advised several governments on the issue , ‘ in twenty years ’ time five million people could be drinking water well over the 50 mg/litre limit . |
| 6 | Had n't he clothed them well and fed them well over the years ? |
| 7 | Before the diet her score on the psychiatric assessment was 20 — well over the critical score of 12 that indicates significant psychiatric disturbance . |
| 8 | Serves 4. 4 lamb steaks , about 675g ( 1½ lb ) 4 garlic cloves , skinned and crushed 3 tbs extra virgin olive oil 450ml ( ¾ pint ) dry cider 225g ( 8oz ) trimmed leek 100g ( 4oz ) potato 25g ( 1oz ) spinach and parsley , mixed 4 tbs single cream or low-fat fromage frais Crush garlic and rub well over the lamb . |
| 9 | One such moment was Thursday night , when a mini-cab firm quoted me the price of a fare home , and the driver ( after taking a circuitous route around London ) tried to charge me well over the odds . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Smith , one of the tough nuts that Jones salutes , reckons Wimbledon 's ‘ Psycho ’ has gone well over the top on his vulgar video nasty . |
| 12 | ‘ I think Canada will do very well over the next four years . |
| 13 | The penalty count in the early games went well over the 30 mark , particularly in the England v Italy game at Twickenham , where it appeared that the Italians wanted to kill the ball on the ground every time . |
| 14 | The ten day celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of railways arriving in Taunton went very well over the final weekend with a feast of motive power seen on the West Somerset Railway . |
| 15 | If all goes well over the previous weekend their namesake ‘ North Downs ’ will be in steam . |
| 16 | Unit-linked policies by and large have performed fairly well over the last few years and have consequently been growing in popularity . |
| 17 | At eighty-two , he was the oldest there , well over the compulsory age of retirement . |
| 18 | DEC paid well over the odds for the shares — Olivetti says that 28.53m shares were sold to DEC at 4,547.4 lire per share , which compared with a lowly 1,340 lire price in the market at the time of the transaction . |
| 19 | She answered Berlin ; it was a city she had come to know well over the years . |
| 20 | They landed well over the ditch and as Artemis gathered him up , she looked ahead and saw that hounds , her father and his huntsmen were all swinging right and heading towards a line of big hedges in the Vale . |
| 21 | Samuel , who had sharply critical judgment , thought that he presided well over the Cabinet in the first year of the Government , prepared himself carefully for its meetings and prevented ‘ knots or tangles … from being drawn tight ’ . |
| 22 | Any more raids and you 'll be stepping well over the line . |
| 23 | She looks well over the age of consent . ’ |
| 24 | Well over the limit . |
| 25 | Solar panels react fairly well over the visible light spectrum , which has a wavelength range of 400 nanometres for ultra-violet to 1,100 nanometres for infra-red light . |
| 26 | It turned out he was paying well over the odds . |
| 27 | Davide took a third orange , and the sharp vegetable knife his mother had been using , and cut into the rind , sliding his eyes sideways to get the attention of the children , of his little brother Franco , of Caterina , and his cousins before the heat pushed them as well over the edge into sleep . |
| 28 | Folly shook her head , then realised that the gesture would n't travel too well over the telephone wires and did her best to translate it into words . |
| 29 | ‘ See here m'am , you were doing well over the fifty-five mandatory . |
| 30 | Similarly , it said : ’ Survey respondents indicate that by UK standards Northern investment levels will hold up quite well over the next 12 months . ’ |