Example sentences of "[pron] [be] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm over a thousand years old , ’ the Doctor replied . |
| 2 | During this time you will walk through workings some of which are over a hundred years old . |
| 3 | It 's taken essentially by all the engineering students in their first year , which are over a hundred students , and approximately fifteen physics students plus some overseas visiting American students . |
| 4 | Just to sort of flag up jobs which were over a hundred thousand pounds and that had finished or are well on their way this year . |
| 5 | What I , my remit to Ken was to go through with Duncan er projects which were over a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 6 | My group is suggesting they increase by five hundred thousand which is over a hundred per cent increase and I su I support this . |
| 7 | Er there 's none of them left now except an old M Mrs in who is over a hundred . |
| 8 | I remember John coming to Merthyr and asking the young people to find , see if there was anybody who was over a hundred in the congregation ! |
| 9 | There are over a thousand different shapes of carving chisels and gouges . |
| 10 | There are over a 100km of marked walks throughout the area . |
| 11 | There are over a million fax users in the UK , and British Telecom has published a directory of UK users . |
| 12 | Besides the Women 's Institute , there are over a dozen other active groups in the village , which cater for a variety of ages and interests . |
| 13 | These benefits are not confined to mortgage interest relief and pension contribution relief ; there are over a hundred . |
| 14 | There are over a hundred miles of signposted walks , including those in the quaint Schenkenberger valley with its vineyard villages and farmers ' inns . |
| 15 | But they are only two men , and there are over a hundred innocent people on that plane . |
| 16 | A quick calculation suggests there are over a hundred and sixty brown field sites of an industrial type and they amount to something like three hundred and sixty hectares . |
| 17 | The All Wheel Drive Club was started for jeeps and landrovers … now the machines come in all shapes and sizes … there are over a hundred meetings a year … there 's 10 rounds of the British Safari Championship … |
| 18 | I mean there are over a thousand people , sometimes two thousand people there , and in this erm complex organisation I think headmasters are very important people ; they 're responsible for developing a style of organisation which is , I think , very significant . |
| 19 | Its common name is Darley Dale sandstone , of which there were over a dozen local quarries , some of Roman origin . |
| 20 | There were over a dozen in all . |
| 21 | There were over a hundred letters covering the two years since our meeting in Brown 's . |
| 22 | Perhaps the toner fluid intoxicated her — there were over a hundred sheets to copy — or maybe it was the lack of air in the photocopying room , but after we had done and she had commented favourably on the comprehensive and detailed nature of the notes , she asked me to go out with her . |
| 23 | At the last count there were over a dozen packages waiting , patiently , to be called upon . |
| 24 | By 1986 there were over a hundred specialist money advice services , all but four in England and Wales , taking the form either of individual advisers within a larger unit or of separate units . |
| 25 | Just a heap of rubbish , hard to believe that there were over a hundred people living in there , is there ? |
| 26 | So I made out a roster , and there were over a hundred carriage cleaners at and I made out a roster for them . |
| 27 | ‘ There 's over a million homeless in London , ’ Mrs Parvis grumbled on . |
| 28 | I read once there 's over a hundred miles of rivers under the city , like the Fleet which rises in Hampstead and comes out into the Thames at Blackfriars , all underground . ’ |
| 29 | I mean you 've described it there was over a thousand employees er and a large operation as well ? |
| 30 | There was over a thousand lads on the camp |