Example sentences of "have [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems that there has been no period of time during which man has endeavoured to conduct and control his affairs without providing for himself a worshipable entity or being to whom he can appeal , and to whom he has attributed powers of control over all that happens in the universe , particularly on earth . |
| 2 | In total , the group has spent £5.1m on acquisitions over the past six months , although it has retained £3m net cash . |
| 3 | Now the company has 270 staff ( it started out with just 30 three years ago ) , has increased production by 20% over the past year and has a turnover of £l2m ( it expects that to rise to £l4m next year ) . |
| 4 | Whaling communities in the Faroe Islands have approached Greenpeace for help over growing marine pollution , which they claim is making locally-killed pilot whales inedible . |
| 5 | TWO Irishmen have declared war on Britain over a lump of rock . |
| 6 | By looking at events that have taken place in Leicestershire over the past 90 years , this project aims to build up a picture of the long-term changes that have taken place in the levels and patterns of violence in various spheres of social life . |
| 7 | Other studies have surveyed panels of respondents over a period of time — though few have physiological measures of health ( such as changes in blood pressure ) or doctors diagnoses , and most use self-report questionnaires of one sort or another . |