Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [adv prt] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with Karen such frankness was out of the question , and without her cooperation , getting rid of Dennis looked like just another of the many pipe-dreams I had indulged in over the years . |
| 2 | I 've put on over a stone |
| 3 | At the end of the day I had the satisfaction of presiding in the Lords debate on the Bill and noting the very last words in Barbara Castle 's account of the affair : ‘ Now , unexpectedly , I have received a letter of ‘ appreciation ’ from Harold for the ‘ hard work and long hours ’ I have put in over the consultants ' ‘ package ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ The next generation which has grown up over here and understands what their children have to go through will handle them much , much better , ’ Cecil Williams speculated . |
| 5 | The magnificent palace of Diocletian at Split , which inspired Robert Adam , the English designer of the eighteenth century , and also influenced the contemporary Georgian styles , still forms the outer shell , a square mile in area , which surrounds the vibrant city which has grown up over the centuries within and around its protective walls . |
| 6 | SCOTLAND HAS failed to fill the entrepreneurial gap which has opened up over the last decade since the decline of the nationalised and heavy industries , the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , will acknowledge next week . |
| 7 | The catalogue of hurts which had built up over the years was considerable . |
| 8 | The crisis which had blown up over Tito 's claim to Carinthia and Venezia Giulia was nearing its height . |
| 9 | The fears which had crawled back over the stockade of his new self were banished : he was unassailable on the rock of Hause Point — what could harm him but Death which here would be no great enemy ? |
| 10 | ‘ She was one of our clients , ’ Luke cut in swiftly , and turned immediately to Heather , but not before Merrill had seen the shutter which had slammed down over his face at the mention of Elise . |
| 11 | The few square inches of it that I could see were spoiled by the sticky red blood which had pooled out over them . |
| 12 | She brushed aside a wisp of hair which had slipped down over her face and smiled placatingly at the florid-faced docker leaning forward over the tea-stained counter . |
| 13 | It seems most likely then , that the increasing police budgets ( up from £3.35 billion in 1988/9 to £4.1 billion in 1989/90 ) , which have risen by over 50 per cent in real terms since 1979 , will be used to maintain , defend , and expand on this hegemonic style . |
| 14 | If the advice is more positive , will the parents be able to shrug off attitudes which have built up over decades in a few days ? |
| 15 | The former England winger said : ‘ As someone who has spouted on over the years about contracts , I am not about to walk out on my one with Crystal Palace . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ As someone who has spouted on over the years about contracts , I am not about to walk out on my one with Crystal Palace . ’ |
| 17 | So although we think that our method is best , we fully realize that you 've got styles , things th which you 've built up over many years . |
| 18 | She had given up counting the number of marriage proposals she had turned down over the years . |
| 19 | He became aware of the disapproving looks his noisy party were receiving from some of the older locals who had drifted in over the last hour . |
| 20 | Then fashion a heel and place the piece you have cut out over it to make the part for the ankle . |
| 21 | It is a wonderful feeling to be able to experience the strength , suppleness and stamina that you have built up over the last three weeks . |
| 22 | And I think it was an example of the trust that we 'd built up over the weeks and months that we were able to do it . |
| 23 | There are cert certain categories of business that we 've built up over the year . |
| 24 | The partnership which we 've built up over many years with you means that I 'm confident that British tax payers and recipients in er dep developing countries are getting the best possible value for money when government supports S C F initiatives and what is true for S C F is true for the many other M G , N G Os with whom we work . |
| 25 | You know this sort of thing and all British wildlife has got its own little characters , every species is different er and you know thousands of animals we 've taken in over the years we 've just learnt different things about different animals that suit different animals . |
| 26 | Here , for the nostalgic or merely curious among you , is the complete list of all the stuff we 've put out over the years . |
| 27 | The unpredictability remains even when we have read to the end of the couplet. even when we have processed both lines of the couplet , our understanding will not be complete until we have gone back over the lines from the viewpoint of their relationship . |
| 28 | We have to go up over the fell . " |
| 29 | You know and if you 'd seen the size of the temple there were thinking well , come on , and the trouble that they 'd gone through over their history to establish er a capital city with a temple as the main feature , they were not happy about him saying that . |
| 30 | Other jobs they 'd pulled off over the years that we can nail them for . ’ |