Example sentences of "years [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We went on continental holidays for about fourteen years all over Europe , except the hot countries — we did n't touch Spain ! |
| 2 | Our system of construction has been used for many years all over this country , by the sponsoring authorities and others , and erm we do n't have the earthquake requirements , but we do need many high value schools both quickly and on time , and we 've completed something like 2,000 projects similar to this over many years . |
| 3 | THE GEMS dealer turned fraudster , Darius Guppy , the best man to the Princess of Wales 's brother , Earl Spencer , was jailed for five years yesterday over a bogus robbery and false insurance claim . |
| 4 | He was deeply influenced by the great aeronautical pioneers of the day , notably Kingsford-Smith and Ulm , whose epic flights in the southern hemisphere shone like the target indicators he was to introduce years later over Germany . |
| 5 | In a meeting with the Canadian ambassador , Paul Dingledine , he criticised western governments ' growing public support for Rushdie , whose death was ordered by the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini four years ago over his book The Satanic Verses . |