Example sentences of "have [vb pp] over the " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , the pressing need for a dynamic pope to exploit the political vacuum left by the unexpected death of the Emperor Henry VI and the advantages of a third Roman pope in a row may have won over the opposition — and there may have been those impressed by his vigorous views on the papacy 's role .
2 Do you think David Mellor should have resigned over the sex scandal ?
3 In a letter to President Eisenhower , Sir Anthony compared Nasser to Mussolini , and it was revealed that he had felt that the Government should have resigned over the issue .
4 ‘ Bragad 's men hold it , and all in it ; his ‘ Wares must have come over the ramparts in the night . ’
5 Eve looked out of the window down the town , standing as she must often have done over the years .
6 After the door shut behind him , she sat looking at it , wondering what she would have done over the years without him .
7 You may have noticed over the last three slides that several of sites have had a zero er percentage registered and we certainly feel that in a couple of these sites this was probably due to poor note-keeping rather than a percentage .
8 The men collect it and know that of the children doing it , you would think that they 'd have noticed over the years , that at the end of each month it says , on the readers ' list it says children and I think that
9 Up to 1,500 Indians may have died over the last two years as a result of the gold miners ' presence on their land .
10 They were remarkable figures then , but almost 25 years on we beat them fairly handsomely , in a car which , although in a pretty healthy stage of tune ( probably around 350bhp ) , has nothing that any Cobra owner could n't have bought over the counter , and which is still perfectly useable on the road in small doses .
11 An enormous progress will have occurred over the course of these exercises — a progress which you should be aware of , feel and thoroughly take in .
12 To have reached this position , he must have somersaulted over the bull 's head .
13 So , that morning presented a wonderful opportunity — and just a little compensation perhaps for the huge disappointment Kemp must undoubtedly have experienced over the theft of the Wolvercote Tongue .
14 A report by the human rights organization Amnesty International , released to coincide with the anniversary and cataloguing a history of discrimination , violence and injustice , stated that " the mass killings of indigenous peoples may have reduced over the past 500 years but they have never stopped " .
15 What if that slave could have triumphed over the tube that confined him ?
16 It is thus not difficult to understand why Paul 's essentially ‘ pagan ’ cult should have been so persuasive , nor why it should subsequently have triumphed over the less comforting position of the Nazarean dynasty — of James and ultimately of Jesus himself .
17 Those seen in the spring will have hibernated over the winter in garden sheds or hollow trees .
18 Su'a said he thought the ball would otherwise have gone over the sticks .
19 They could have gone over the top you know , I think , I 'm sure they could , I 'm certain they could .
20 They seem to have happened periodically over the last 900 million years , and may have been doing so since the early days of Earth ( the longer ago something happened , the less likely it is that we will have tripped over the evidence ) .
21 None of these large animals could possibly have passed over the arms of the sea which now separates these countries , and their presence plainly indicates that a land communication must have existed since the origin of the species … ’
22 Many of the planes would have passed over the hospital and to avoid the risk of an accident , the hospital was asked to cut the number of balloons .
23 If he had indeed come up here determined to end his life , then he might have climbed over the guard rail , leaving a scrap of thread behind as he did so .
24 IT IS of no great consequence to the rest of the world that a small island off the end of the Indian subcontinent should have sunk over the past couple of decades into a condition of violence so endemic that the murder of the president and a leading opposition politician within eight days can be regarded by the locals with something like equanimity ( see page 71 ) .
25 ‘ Anything could have happened over the last few days . ’
26 He could perhaps have submitted himself to some army medical board , but whether they would have enthused over the application of a 48-year-old epileptic syphilitic with no military experience except that acquired while shooting wild-life in the desert
27 Many systems and many faces may have changed over the last year or two and I do n't imagine you would believe me if I said that none of these changes had saddened me but , in a changing market-place , the basics have n't changed and the most basic precept of all is that there are no healthy banks where there are no health customers to sustain them .
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