Example sentences of "[prep] [num] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Escobar , accused of responsibility for the murder of hundreds of people over a 10-year period , including a Justice Minister , an Attorney General , at least one presidential candidate [ see p. 36844 ] and 107 passengers aboard a domestic flight [ see p. 37041 ] , was not expected to stand trial for at least a year . |
| 2 | Maybe the weight itself of thousands of boys over the last couple of decades had led to some sort of subsidence . |
| 3 | There is no reliable estimate of abundance for the franciscana , although the incidental gill-net kill of tens of thousands of dolphins over the last 30 years has undoubtedly significantly reduced the total population . |
| 4 | The fast-swimming Dall 's porpoise has been particularly hard hit in the North Pacific and hundreds of thousands of animals over the last 20 years have been entangled in the giant drift-nets of the salmon , squid , and tuna fisheries . |
| 5 | Barbel fishing in the early days , and I am talking to more than a hundred years ago , was very popular amongst the gentry , who used to employ a man to bait a swim with thousands of lobworms over a period of days , sometimes weeks . |
| 6 | Normally there 's no problem filling all the orders I get from the Heymouth hotels and others in the area , with dozens of braces over and above that to send to Edinburgh , Glasgow and London . |
| 7 | THE man who founded Swaledale Outdoor Club and inspired a spirit of adventure in thousands of people over the past quarter of a century stood down as chairman at this week 's annual meeting , prior to moving to South Africa . |
| 8 | In this respect I was indeed fortunate to have such sensitive , understanding and adroit colleagues as Tony Geluch , Jimmy Gilmore and Don Horne working with me on hundreds of productions over my nine years at CBR . |
| 9 | Sales representative organized the promotion and personally demonstrated the production of chapattis to thousands of visitors over a five-day period . |