Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the greatest difficulties Denis has faced over the years — and it has increased as the world has turned to harassing the smoker — has been how to keep awake through the after-dinner speeches without the benefit of a cigarette . |
| 2 | Steve and Stuart are just 2 of the homeless people , Dawn Walker Webb has helped over the past 20 years in Swindon . |
| 3 | He also encloses a Sunday Times piece on singer Lou Reed ‘ the biggest problem Lou Reed has faced over the years , ’ it says , ‘ a scourge more potent than all the addictions , the feuds and fights with record companies , is his handwriting . ’ |
| 4 | Yet opinion in Germany has shifted over the past year . |
| 5 | Ivars has built over the years a series of light aircraft , most employing a faithful Cirrus Minor I engine . |
| 6 | Given the inevitable fact that the next PLO chairman could not hope to match the stature and international acclaim which Mr Arafat has acquired over the years , many Palestinians believe that the influence of the organisation would wane accordingly . |
| 7 | ‘ The team has never stopped the hard work and the new Celica has improved over the year . |
| 8 | Founded in 1972 as an expression of the enthusiasm of Christians in the '60s for ‘ world poverty action ’ and ‘ action for world development ’ , SCAWD has focussed over the years on such concerns as development and disarmament , the debt crisis , the Brandt and Brundtland Commissions ' reports , and South-North : Cultures and ‘ Development ’ . |
| 9 | Er , we did it erm , er just after 1919 when er , er we started backing the white Russians and erm , before we write off erm everything the Communist er Government of er Russia has done over the last seventy years as being evil , what I think we 've got to be aware of is that we may once more be unleashing the forces of nationalism , which in 1914 , and I think of going up er in the period in the thirties very much lead to erm two world wars , and er I 'd like to know more about er some of the forces the so called democratic forces that are backing erm Mr Yeltsin . |
| 10 | COSE has given over the organisation and running of the COSE Developers Conference , supposed to be in October , to Uniforum , leaving it to decide when and where to have it . |
| 11 | We we saw him come on against Birmingham about a month or so ago and save that penalty and it 's ironic that that 's how Nigel Spinks started at at Villa was n't it when he came on for Jimmy Rimmer and if Bosnich does the same job as what Nigel 's done over the past ten years then no one 's going to argue . |
| 12 | ‘ The rack was built by Pete Cornish , and basically it 's all the effects Bryan has liked over the years , but with switches so there are no actual pedals on it . |
| 13 | It demonstrates what appears to have been a major weakness of the UK economy , namely that the UK has required over the last twenty years a higher rate of gross investment to produce a given increase in output , than did West Germany , France , Japan , the USA or Canada . |
| 14 | The number claiming SB has risen over the same period from three million to just under five million ( figures from CPAG ) . |
| 15 | The ability to deal with crisis is something Cuckney has cultivated over the years . |
| 16 | Mr Medley said , " This honour is a reflection of all the progress that WWF-UK has made over the past ten years , and the team that has achieved these successes . " |
| 17 | Our order book in the Middle East reflects the first-class reputation Wimpey has built over the years for the scope of its expertise and excellence of its workforce . |
| 18 | That 's what the American artist Kosuth maintains happened over the striking resemblance between his installation presented at this year 's Documenta in Kassel ( closed 29 September ) , and the installation created by Claudio Parmiggiani three years ago in Milan . |
| 19 | Please do not be concerned about measuring how much NI has done over the years ; it is not easy to quantify the awareness , understanding and other benefits your publication has brought to the children of the Third World . |
| 20 | Ann McDonald has passed over the task of collecting material for the ‘ You and Me ’ column to Morag Gunn . |
| 21 | The amount of rhino horn entering Yemen has doubled over the last 20 months , apparently as a result of increased poaching activity in Zimbabwe and Swaziland . |
| 22 | The environmental quality of national parks in England and Wales has deteriorated over the last two decades , according to the first-ever national survey carried out for the Countryside Commission . |
| 23 | In this extract , Charlie has tripped over the dog Floss in the dark , and to his astonishment someone speaks to him : |
| 24 | Quite recently the Environmental Department has become semi-autonomous with Russell Jones as its Chief Environmental Health Officer and we know the good work which Russell has done over the years . |
| 25 | The Fiesta has driven over the comic 's left foot and sent Mel sprawling . |