Example sentences of "[adv prt] for over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The troubles are going on for over 20 years and the NI Office is doing very little about it , so it could go on for another 20 years . |
| 2 | and he 'd been a Liverpool councillor off and on for over fifty years . |
| 3 | The search for Louise Butler had been going on for over two days . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the negotiations between the three publishers jostling for position went on for over a year without reaching a conclusion : ‘ It was very difficult to find common ground and make sure that everyone had their fair share . ’ |
| 5 | The war went on for over a thousand years . |
| 6 | Her admirer had already been bound over to keep the peace after being arrested on her doorstep , and his unwelcome attentions had been going on for over six years . |
| 7 | I 've got ta try hand it on for over a year then I went to live again . |
| 8 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 9 | Barings nearly want down for over twenty million . |
| 10 | Rather than emulate the original , Kaiser and his cronies turn David 's innocent little rebellious rocker into a full blown free-form jazz improvisation piece that chugs along for over 12 minutes . |
| 11 | For shrews live as long as 1.5 years , while many elephants plod along for over 50 years . |
| 12 | Jahsaxa swept into the tasteful reception room she 'd been keeping Roirbak and Tammuz waiting in for over half an hour . |
| 13 | Dunedin House was built by the surgeon J. S. Land in the mid 19th century , and lived in for over 50 years this century by the late Dr Cripps , Medical Officer of Health for the Holderness area . |
| 14 | Both he and Amiss had spent a considerable time comforting Sunil , who had been throwing up on and off for over an hour . |
| 15 | There were no serious injuries , but one passenger was cut by flying glass and traffic was held up for over an hour . |
| 16 | The first person soon flew gracefully to the bottom of the hill , staying up for over a minute . |
| 17 | Bile sampling at the time of endoscopic or percutaneous cholangiography , with subsequent cytological examination , has been carried out for over 20 years . |
| 18 | A reader called to say she had a postcard dated 1910 which showed the fire with a notice saying : ‘ This fire has n't been out for over 200 years . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was walking back for over an hour through deserted streets . |
| 20 | The German Dynacord company remain relatively unheralded within the modern music industry , even though they 've been around for over forty years , in fact since the very inception of electronic amplification . |
| 21 | They had driven around for over an hour trying to find the rave that every one was going on about . |
| 22 | Amazingly , it only just noses ahead of DR DOS , which has been around for over 18 months . |
| 23 | Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms . |
| 24 | The woman was then driven around for over an hour and believes part of the journey may have been on a motorway . |
| 25 | She had been up and about for over an hour , moving slowly about her caravan , straightening the covers on the bunk , shaking the rag rug and even giving the brass on her beloved stove an early rub with metal polish . |