Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] over a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whey-faced and wobbling , she slowly rises to a kneeling position behind the chair and peers out over a rampart of faded chintz , searching the room for the source of my voice . |
| 2 | We talked to nutters frequently over a period of two years and some were ‘ interviewed ’ in a more structured manner . |
| 3 | Instead of retreating instead of going underground instead of accepting that the situation had become extremely difficult and it was necessary to try and rebuild their organization and their influence gradually over a period of time , they committed their shattered forces to further battles and more or less completed er their destruction . |
| 4 | It is perhaps partly for this reason that these models have been largely concerned with the short term economic outlook ie over a horizon of up to three years . |
| 5 | Aim to alter your diet gradually over a period of six months . |
| 6 | THE Manchester United footballer Viv Anderson was given a public apology and undisclosed libel damages in the High Court yesterday over a story in the Daily Star concerning a post-match clash between Anderson and the Wimbledon player John Fashanu . |
| 7 | The cumulative effect , however , of attending to such questions consistently over a period of time is considerable and , as teachers agree , eventually time-saving . |
| 8 | It was a winter of doubt and uncertainty and the young Provencal only knew he had a ride just over a month before Suzuka . |
| 9 | A medieval visitor to Cambridge would have passed twelve churches as he walked through the town , roughly a hundred yards apart over a stretch of a mile ; and Cambridge was a very modest town . |
| 10 | Ben , aged 3 years , started to refuse food gradually over a period of months . |
| 11 | At the present time the Council Tax Demands and payment voucher books are being printed , they will start to be issued by the Post Office from 20 April onwards over a period of about one week . |
| 12 | Try reducing your use of salt slowly over a period of weeks and use flavouring substitutes like herbs , spices and lemon juice . |