Example sentences of "well over two [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As is usual with this event , everyone waited for the last competitors to finished , even though some took well over two hours . |
2 | Well over two decades of failure to mount any effective challenge to the established order led to their being seen for what they fundamentally were : bureaucratic ‘ enclaves ’ of the international workers ' movement with little substantial contribution to make to the debate on Latin American development . |
3 | As a consequence , both Cushing and Lovett resigned , as did the 44-times capped McHarg when the news was relayed to him in India , which is a sad way to end a relationship which stretches back for well over two decades . |
4 | I even considered swooning so as to get out of the room when suddenly a secret door just behind the throne was thrown open and the most incredible sight emerged : a man , black as night , well over two yards high . |
5 | So we are faced with the amazing fact that neither the insistence on English superiority nor a savage level of English military aggression was enough to produce widespread , let alone total , resistance by a people who for well over two centuries had determinedly and successfully resisted both . |
6 | The Azems were the Rockefellers of Hama , a wealthy family of Maecenas-like aristocrats who governed and influenced the city for well over two centuries . |
7 | ‘ They were here for well over two months . |