Example sentences of "but over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The polemic in the newspapers had begun not over the kidnapping but over a fight that had broken out a few days previously in a bar much frequented by the young Sardinians who hung around the city and by the city gangs who sold them drugs . |
| 2 | ‘ But over a couple of months of pilot programmes , I simply felt I had made a mistake by leaving . |
| 3 | But over a period of time , two things disturb this equilibrium : evaporation and infiltration . |
| 4 | The third type requires such intervention but over a period of years , usually nearly into adolescence , and often there is never complete resolution . |
| 5 | I want a powder , a potion , one which will not kill immediately but over a period of months , undetected by her or any physician . ’ |
| 6 | But over a period of time , erm , they are not directly equivalent , but very nearly so . |
| 7 | No , he 'll be out went out at ten to seven but over a sort of I 've been up since seven , I 've not really sat down all day . |