Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However small it was ( and whether it is just or not ) , I have felt over the years that the Halton experience has enabled me ( despite my background ) to bridge the gap between those far off days , and reaching the rank of sergeant pilot , and the mid-war years when , in a few months , there was swift passage through the roles of flight commander , squadron commander , staff officer and station commander . |
| 2 | Many farms I have visited over the past 10 years have needed little more than a re-organisation of their existing system and some basic drainage alterations . |
| 3 | I hope and pray that you will win — God willing , you will because you have all the ability in the world — but I have discovered over the last few days that there are people prepared to go to great lengths to stop you . |
| 4 | I am delighted to report that despite the increase both of magpies and crows last year , I have observed over the winter feeding period the usual mixture of birds . |
| 5 | I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all . |
| 6 | One of my favourite photograph frames that I have made over the years is a 15-cm ( 6-in ) square piece of card , into the centre of which a heart-shape aperture is cut about 7. 5cm ( 3in ) high . |
| 7 | It is , I think , no chance that I have chosen over the years to support women rather than men political prisoners in Chile . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not bitter about that , only grateful to Arbroath for allowing me the opportunity to put what I have learned over the years into practice , ’ said McGrain , who was awarded the MBE in 1983 for his services to the game . |
| 9 | I have learnt over the years to talk your way , behave your way , and even to think and feel your way . |
| 10 | It is these experiences which have prompted me to set down in this book some of the lessons I have learnt over the years . |
| 11 | It seems that we would be much better off if we spent money not on constructing a barrage but on cleaning up the various sewage works that I have castigated over the years . |
| 12 | I have been very pleased with my performance , with my success and the achievements which I have enjoyed over the past 20 years . |
| 13 | I have found over the years that it is immensely helpful to take time out and try to think things through , and I would imagine that most other managers do the same , even though all of us are heavily action-orientated . |
| 14 | Well , from what I have gleaned over the years , I would say that many women find it harder to accept an affair which had a strong emotional attachment . |
| 15 | All the money I have earned over the years has gone — in some cases I do n't why or where — but the fact is that at the age of 40 , I have no savings . |
| 16 | Everything has obviously been well prepared both technically and musically ( not the remotest suspicion of a studio run-through ) , and the orchestra sound really fired up , which is more than one can say about a disturbingly large number of recordings which have emerged over the last few years ! |
| 17 | Its title is rather misleading , for it amounts to an anthology of Roebuck 's weekly columns which have appeared over the years in the motor racing magazine , Autosport . |
| 18 | A cross-section of definitions , which have appeared over the past twenty years or so , is as follows . |
| 19 | As far as quality assurance is concerned , the new paper describes how mechanisms have evolved to meet the various demands which have arisen over the last five years — such as the National Certificate , the new Advanced Courses and , most recently , Scottish Vocational Qualifications . |
| 20 | However the very quirks and obscure family traditions which have accrued over the years can intimidate newcomers . |
| 21 | The conclusions that they draw are that theses have been written for a variety of purposes , which have changed over the years , and which vary according to customs in different countries . |
| 22 | Benzodiazepines are just one example of the many drugs which have proved over the years to cause rather than cure illness . |
| 23 | As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears . |
| 24 | a reduction in men 's pensionable age is ruled out for the foreseeable future on grounds of cost … on the other hand , the government believes that raising the pensionable age for women would be unfair to women who have contributed over the years in the expectation of a pension at 60 . |
| 25 | Not a single foreigner who attended the opening ceremonies , not one of the travellers from France , England , Italy , and Russia , who have journeyed over the half-finished line , went away without purchasing some silks , embroideries , metal-work , arms , or knives . |
| 26 | Motorists with private transport who have come over the Klausen Pass road may wish to return by the same route to see the opposite angles of view . |
| 27 | His successors , who have presided over the past year 's changes , hoped they too could massage their way to keeping power . |
| 28 | the subscriptions and withdrawals that you have made over the period |
| 29 | I am writing in reply to all the letters you have printed over the past few months about Steffi Graf . |
| 30 | We do appreciate you Steffi , for everything you have done over the years and for that special week in Brighton . |