Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] over the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | I wanted to just pop away over the first few for him to get his confidence . |
2 | Company liquidations and personal sector mortgage defaults have both risen sharply over the last year and currently stand at record levels . |
3 | It does n't matter where he/she finishes , but whether the coach is only asking the eight-year-olds to spring 50m or trying to get all the senior team to really race hard over the first 1500m , he or she must be seen to experience it too or the children simply wo n't believe the coach can know what he/she is talking about . |
4 | Blood glucose concentration was held at 5 mmol/l for 40 minutes by simultaneous infusion of 20% glucose ( Baxter Health Care , Thetford , Norfolk ) and then reduced stepwise over the next 220 minutes to a low of 2 mmol/l ; then the concentration was restored to 5 mmol/l and held there until 260 minutes . |
5 | England then pulled away over the last three ends to increase their advantage to 113-106 . |
6 | A war has been quietly bubbling away over the last two or three years , possibly unnoticed by all but the keenest marine fishkeeper . |