Example sentences of "[verb] over the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To these eight , a further thirteen children were added over the next twenty years . |
| 2 | To this man he entrusted six wagonloads of treasure , and sent him off to wander over the whole wide world , looking for a twin brother and sister , Stoja and Stojane . |
| 3 | The need for it has reduced but has not vanished over the past twenty years . |
| 4 | It is absolutely clear and I want to make it clear that we may not be doing anything tomorrow or the next day , we 'll all be , we 'll all be try to understand and determine is how we will deal with the issues in as and if traffic develops over the next ten years or so and that strategy will then form the basis under which we will try to resist city area that we did not see there . |
| 5 | The hospital is asking GPs only to send in only urgent cases … further operations are likely to be cancelled over the next few days |
| 6 | They were walking over the deep sun-baked mud-tracks of the lane and you had to watch where you put your feet if you did n't want to twist your ankle . |
| 7 | Troops moved in , and according to the military command , many areas of the West Bank are once more under curfew ; it is a ripple effect which will probable grow over the next few days . |
| 8 | At nearly fifteen he was already over six feet tall and towered over the little Irish doctor in front of him . |
| 9 | While bank deposits have stagnated over the past three years , mutual funds , which are mostly outside the banks ' domain , have grown by two-thirds . |
| 10 | Does he agree that what they need is support and proper resources so that they can carry out their work , not what has been happening over the past 12 years — continual restructuring and reforms which do the service no good and break up the comprehensive national health service that we all know ? |
| 11 | She should have been sharing breakfast with Kelly right now , laughing and chatting , catching up on all that had been happening over the past few months . |
| 12 | On the contrary , what is happening , and has been happening over the past ten years or so , raises very serious questions indeed . |
| 13 | All the hospitals in Southampton have been rebuilt over the past few years . |
| 14 | It is hoped that the worst of the damage will be repaired over the next two to three years . |
| 15 | okay Why do you think that intra industry trade has risen , say over the last fifty years ? |
| 16 | But can you just give me , sort of , a brief overview of what 's happened to the composition of world trade right , say over the last hundred years or so . |
| 17 | If you actually look at what we 've paid for some of the players say over the last two or three years , I guess you 're looking at about three hundred and fifty thousand pounds . |
| 18 | It was suggested that too much VAT had been claimed over the previous two years . |
| 19 | It was suggested that too much VAT had been claimed over the previous two years . |
| 20 | After this chronological march through the archives , Jane Brown devotes the second part of her weighty book to the delightfully rich seam of garden buildings and ornament designed over the last 400 years . |
| 21 | Despite calls by some countries , the proposals would not be introduced immediately , however , but would be considered over the next six months . |
| 22 | Cos in actual fact there was a , a lot of sort of de facto redistribution because er some of these account settling things were just so ridiculous you know make them pay for crimes their family had committed over the last sixty years or whatever . |
| 23 | Despite a worldwide decline in average sperm counts over the past 50 years , those of Finnish men remain roughly twice those of men in other countries , according to Finnish research . |
| 24 | I have been very pleased with my performance , with my success and the achievements which I have enjoyed over the past 20 years . |
| 25 | Further clashes occurred over the following two weeks , and on Dec. 6 two high-school students were killed . |
| 26 | Periodic relapse occurred over the next 4 months and I then gave Lyc LM1 . |
| 27 | Look back at any crises which occurred over the last few years . |
| 28 | The jobs will be shed over the next eighteen months and will affect management , administration and production workers across thirty five sites . |
| 29 | It seems likely then that at least some of the renewable energy options will be pursued over the next few years . |
| 30 | As Kmart has begun putting these data to work over the past few years , the company 's operations have become steadily more centralised . |