Example sentences of "over the two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve pulled the duvet over the two of them and began fiddling with the remote control . |
| 2 | His orders were obeyed by more than 450 competitors but about 30 — they were apparently reluctant to lose their position at the head of the race - steeplechased over the two closed barriers and carried on running . |
| 3 | The Association was also concerned that its income from various sources , but in particular from Wings Appeal , should be maintained in a year when the public might feel confusion over the two appeals . |
| 4 | As the volume of private building increases over the two or three years following the proposed changes of policy , local authority housing must as soon as possible be restricted to these objects . |
| 5 | Although there has been some shift in the 1980s to the political right in the United States and West Germany , the socialist share of the vote has hardly changed over the two decades in Austria , Scandinavia , West Germany , and Italy . |
| 6 | Rather ruefully he ran his tongue over the two stumps that held in place his upper plate . |
| 7 | But for a handful of obvious reasons , Lewis does not draw a picture of ‘ the whole man ’ in Surprised by Joy It is partly that a natural reticence made him draw a veil over the two greatest facts of his emotional history : his relationships with his father and Mrs Moore . |
| 8 | Over the two hundred years that they owned the house their fortunes dwindled until the house was sold to the Hutchings family in 1736 . |
| 9 | With Kallicharran making 53 , there were only four more needed when the second wicket fell , and as there were also more than thirteen overs in hand West Indies won the Prudential Trophy on a faster run rate over the two games . |
| 10 | It had not stopped , even for a second , over the two days . |
| 11 | ‘ We saw 16 companies in a series of half-hour meetings over the two days , ’ says FFB 's European director , Roy Edleston . |
| 12 | Guinness rose from 534p to 599p over the two days . |
| 13 | Over the two matches we were every bit as good as Liverpool and , if we 're honest , we know we should have beaten them on both occasions . |
| 14 | ‘ Large numbers of entries were received for all the competitions , which ran over the two days and were thrown open to the past members of the Club , as well as members of the Ladies and Artisans sections . |
| 15 | Steadily , then , over the two years or so following Herr Bremann 's death , his lordship , together with Sir David Cardinal , who became his closest ally during that time , succeeded in gathering together a broad alliance of figures who shared the conviction that the situation in Germany should not be allowed to persist . |
| 16 | The unity witnessed over the two days had been greater than he could ever have hoped for , and the remaining morning 's session of ‘ rounding up ’ would , he trusted , be rich in commitments on the part of participants concerning action each would be taking before the important international conference in Switzerland . |
| 17 | CND claimed that sixteen air bases were affected by a co-ordinated action over the two days . |
| 18 | Then we went over the two Harnham Bridges , one with its niches to enable pedestrians to shelter from passing vehicles and so to Exeter Street and home . |
| 19 | The major challenge which has faced the Teacher Placement Service over the two years has been the issue of teacher release . |
| 20 | When the Girls left to get married at the end of each show , rather than risk Jennie 's haphazard choice of replacements , she sent over the two Head Girls who were almost resident in America , Rene Todd or Dorothy Sabine , to make their own selection . |
| 21 | But I very soon noticed that , over the two beds nearest to mine , was the highly interesting word ‘ spiritualist ’ . |
| 22 | Once the first week was over the two small girls joined others in the schoolroom . |
| 23 | Over the two years of preparation for Papillon , the screenplay went through the hands of four writers . |
| 24 | Assessment of progress will be carried out over the two year period and will be based on the completion of design notebooks , workbooks , pattern drafts , knitted samples and garments and finally a written examination . |
| 25 | Over the two weeks of events , there will be more than 200 hours coverage with up to 10 hours a day on occasions . |
| 26 | Over the two legs of the Leeds tie Mark Hateley , the Geronimo of their attack , and Ally McCoist , the cheeky assassin , made Lee Chapman , so poor on the ground , and Eric Cantona look like powder puffs in comparison . |
| 27 | And now a subtle change was coming over the two hundred and fifty watching children in the audience . |
| 28 | The line 's volunteer diesel engineer , Dave Harley commenting on the Diesel Weekend said : ‘ It went reasonably well with fair loadings over the two days . |
| 29 | The collapse of the shogunate and the restoration of the Meiji throne was but one effect , from which a myriad of others flowed : the revival of Japanese nationalism and her imperial designs , the invasion of China , the florid plans for a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere , the bombast and cruelty of the Pacific War , the creation in America of the atomic bomb , its eventual use over the two great cities of Kyushu , and Japan 's consequent defeat , post-war disgrace , ruin and decay . |
| 30 | Destinations contains a marked increase in text over the two previous Streamline English coursebooks and some units are of two pages , reflecting students ' developing proficiency in the language . |