Example sentences of "over a [num] [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd had to work well over a hundred hours a week for weeks on end . |
| 2 | The All Wheel Drive Club was started for jeeps and landrovers … now the machines come in all shapes and sizes … there are over a hundred meetings a year … there 's 10 rounds of the British Safari Championship … |
| 3 | But the early morning milkround means he can cover over a hundred miles a week in training … which makes the actual competition more bearable . |
| 4 | He says the course is really tight and they reach speeds of over a hundred miles an hour . |
| 5 | at they come over a hundred miles an hour on some of these runs ! |
| 6 | The company decided to put all it 's litigation work , worth over a million pounds a year , out to tender . |
| 7 | Now that he has advanced to the front ranks of the most expensive and super-hyped entertainment on earth , Brundle has acquired some of the essential accoutrements of a global celebrity who earns over a million dollars a year . |
| 8 | value for money is another proud boast of the greyhounds … you can own and race a dog for just over a thousand pounds a year and there 's prize money for all … that 's why so many more people are coming racing … why so many are owners |
| 9 | These three decisions alone show the cutting-edge of semi-literacy winning over the high cultural standards that the BBC is supposed to stand for , and indeed the justification — the only one — for the subvention of over a billion pounds a year from the British taxpayer . |
| 10 | Between 1982 and 1987 , Brazil paid back some $70 billion to its public and private creditors — averaging well over a billion dollars a month — and its only reward was to be $20 billion deeper in debt than in 19821 . |