Example sentences of "[noun] over a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 2 | A history teacher is content to cover the history of one country or continent over a few decades . |
| 3 | Rapid onset over a few hours |
| 4 | Rapid onset over a few hours . |
| 5 | You can take these courses either as an undergraduate and build up your degree over a few years or pursue a particular interest by taking these courses on a ‘ one-off ’ basis as an associate student . |
| 6 | They 're land hungry — they fight like hungry dogs over a few miserable acres . |
| 7 | The historical record over a few cycles of objective setting and reviewing is a means of evaluating the progress of the follower on the sound basis of how he thinks about his job and how he carries it out . |
| 8 | Later we can have a chat about this business over a few drinks . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We could find people who wanted £3m worth of business over a few years , but failed to get any quick profit deals . |
| 10 | ‘ Christ ! ’ she exploded , ‘ all this bloody drama over a few kisses ! ’ |
| 11 | After baking , pierce with a skewer and spoon over a few tablespoons of brandy . |
| 12 | It is important that there should be not only a record of the climates of the past on all time scales , but also a continuing record of short-term fluctuations of climate ( variations over a few years ) coordinated on a global scale . |
| 13 | Get talking to people over a few drinks ; you 're better than me at that sort of thing . ’ |
| 14 | What I must do is get to know the people over a few hours or days and find out what they 're trying to do , what their activities are , whether they have children or pets . |
| 15 | Well it 's just brought out a budget to paper over a few cracks and make it look good because they knew that , they 've got no more chances this is it in n it ? |
| 16 | Just a room for occasional use over a few months , cash in advance of course , sorry no baby-sitting . |
| 17 | Use hourly or apply moisturiser every hour over a few days , with a touch of Vaseline to follow . |
| 18 | The moral to be drawn from this is , let us apply the same committed and co-ordinated approach to deliver a Scottish parliament , which could tackle a whole range of problems , rather than simply showing piecemeal enthusiasm over a few issues like water and the poll tax . |
| 19 | Inflation , if unchecked , can result in economic and social disorder , as conditions akin to hyper-inflation ( a thousand-fold rise in prices over a few months ) make bank savings worthless . |
| 20 | True , there was something unbearably starchy about much of the supposed ‘ informality ’ in the film , but it appeared to have cast a full tungsten glare over a few of the secrets of the magicians . |
| 21 | And having committed the boy to a day on the rubbish , he could hardly turn me down when I suggested we settle for a couple of hours ' conversation over a few beers , after he 'd sorted out the mess . |
| 22 | It was said , in effect , that the extent of , say , carbonate deposits over a few square miles in the Bahamas at the present day is something quite different from the persistence of carbonates in early Carboniferous times over much of the northern hemisphere . |
| 23 | Triple tests for ammonia , nitrite and nitrate have revealed startling fluctuations over a few days . |
| 24 | List all your outgoings and expenses over a few weeks . |
| 25 | First , those who stress the symbolic role of leaders , or the concentration of power over a few absolutely critical decisions in the hands of a power elite , view leadership as a zero-sum game . |
| 26 | It was n't like working here , where I could slip into Spanish when things got ropey , and afterwards we 'd all go to the bar and tone up the group dynamics over a few drinks . |