Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] over the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've got nothing to show for what I 've won over the years , ’ a distraught Florrie said . |
| 2 | They tell me if I walk in a certain direction for an hour I 'll come across a road and by the time I set my watch and compass they 've vanished over the dunes . |
| 3 | No , I do n't get bored at all with it , er because snooker is not er like American pool , where you go out there with a stick and just knock balls all over the table ; snooker is snooker , and the name of snooker is to play this , you know , this game of chess on the green baize , and er that 's what , you see this is where Davis has been so good for so long , a ) he 's a supreme professional , he once apologised for only practising for two hours on Christmas Day rather than four , er and if you look at Davis ' score sheets and his matches , which I 've done over the years , you 'll see a lot of breaks of around sort of fifty five , sixty , sixty five , and then he stops , he plays the safety shot and says to his opponent ‘ okay , your turn ’ , plays the percentage game , the occasional knock in the very big ones , but that 's why he 's won so much , because he thinks it out so well , and knows the averages , knows the percentages and plays the game that way . |
| 4 | I 've noticed over the years that the violent attacks are changing subtly . |
| 5 | I guess erm with all the contacts you 've made over the years you 're still gon na have phone calls from people to say er what deal have you got for me this week or whatever ? |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose we 've mellowed over the years , ’ said Iain . |
| 7 | We want a change from the feudal tenure we 've had over the years . |
| 8 | ‘ You know the trouble we 've had over the years with MPs ’ secretaries ? ’ |
| 9 | I have included here a planning chart for small conferences which has served as a basis for hundreds of other charts I 've used over the years . |
| 10 | They 've gone over the excavations and into the meadow — ‘ |
| 11 | I might have checked out the financial aspects of buying into the station , but one thing I 've learned over the years is that you can never do too much research . |
| 12 | I 've been , I 've came over the handlebars , Ian came over the handlebars with the bikes , so it is rough terrain |
| 13 | I 've discovered over the years that if my hair is all right , then generally speaking , so am I. I also notice as the years lurch by , and I would n't dream of telling anyone but you , that my mother was right . |
| 14 | As a pointed representative introduces of Allied Dunbar , their resident representative will look at the mortgage , pension and insurance you 've accumulated over the years and sniff out the costs , sneezes and snivels that could be costly . |
| 15 | ‘ I assume you made it worth her while in other ways , but obviously I failed to discover from her own fair lips how much you thought she was worth , and I 'm damned sure you wo n't admit how much you 've paid over the odds for her favours . ’ |