Example sentences of "over the years [pers pn] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've tried all sorts of things erm and we 've erm sort of erm included erm Lesley 's Elmore Support Team has come and talked to him and tried to support him as well , so over the years we have done all sorts of things to try and support him , as I have to try and support all sorts of people . |
| 2 | ‘ the excellent OUP series Resource Books for Teachers … over the years we have learned that anything with the Maley name attached is worthy of serious consideration . |
| 3 | Over the years we have proved to be an effective and efficient council and I believe you have all contributed greatly to making Lothian such a progressive authority . |
| 4 | If they are ill they get good doctors , if there is a divorce … over the years we have worked and experimented to discover new things and remember old ones . |
| 5 | We have always been interviewed simultaneously , which can be advantageous : over the years we have worked out quite a double act . |
| 6 | Movies are a medium of communication , and over the years they have developed their own language of expression . |
| 7 | Over the years they have carved out a powerful position within the town 's antique trade . |
| 8 | I do n't think the theatre 's ever been endowed with a great deal of fundings but one or two companies in the town that have been prepared to fund obviously the one that strikes me is Gilbey 's cos the Gilbey bar I mean that was funded and like they 've been over the years they have given money even fact as a sad note cos Gilbey 's have actually demised now erm General Portfolio have actually taken on the role in Harlow of funding many things if you actually look all most things that have sponsored until recently have been sponsored by General Portfolio so they 've been to the fore in er fundering funding . |
| 9 | The property was bought by the Blandy family in 1884 , and over the years they have farmed the estate and improved the gardens . |
| 10 | Apart from their resident populations , over the years they have served as a ‘ dumping ground ’ for people forcibly removed by the South African government from ‘ white ’ areas . |
| 11 | Over the years they have come to dominate their geographic market . |
| 12 | Over the years I have done all kinds of work with horses , hay-making , spreading and harrowing manure and hauling coal down from the road on a sledge . |
| 13 | Over the years I have kept my distance from the white women 's movement . |
| 14 | Over the years I have discovered that the subjects I enjoy doing most of all are not far from my home ; my garden , conservatory , figures usually doing something , are my favourites and my family and friends are commandeered regularly for this purpose . |
| 15 | Seriously , over the years I have seen Annabelle develop many talents and accomplishments . |
| 16 | Item No 1 : over the years I have seen dozens of these items yet , I have still not discovered their true purpose . |
| 17 | ‘ Over the years I have built up a collection of around 1,700 . ’ |
| 18 | Alas , over the years I have become far too familiar with your greedy , grasping little ways . ’ |
| 19 | Over the years I have observed the changes at first hand , with each new undergraduate intake , and have had to alter my terminology to suit . |
| 20 | Over the years I have developed a profound belief that the Foreign Office has criteria entirely its own . |
| 21 | Over the years I have found various types of hardness-free gravel available commercially , but in general these have been very pale in colour , consisting largely of quartz . |
| 22 | Over the years I have had all sorts of lighter weight machines and I have gradually replaced them with either Wadkin or Robinson versions . |
| 23 | Over the years I have had an interest in medical matters and have been involved from a legal viewpoint on a number of occasions . |
| 24 | Over the years I have had a few interesting experiences with computer hardware . |
| 25 | OVER the years I have learned to stop wincing at the description of someone having a drink problem . |
| 26 | Buddy Holly has been a very big influence to me ever since I was a kid and over the years I have read articles and watched documentaries about his life . |
| 27 | Over the years I have listened to many forceful speeches by the right hon. Gentleman , who always speaks common sense , and I have often agreed with him . |
| 28 | Over the years I have bought many Pearl recordings and although occasionally I find a particular passage hard to live with , I would find it difficult not to play any of the following at least twice a year : Otello with Martinelli/Tibbett ; Bruno Walter conducting Mahler in 1936 and 1938 ( Das Lied von der Erde and the Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 ) ; the pre-war Glyndebourne recordings with Busch ; the 1935 Vienna Rosenkavalier with Lotte Lehmann and Gerhard Hüsch singing Schubert 's Winterreise and Die Schöne Müllerin . |