Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pron] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That matter is high on their agenda , and the hon. Gentleman may recall that the Labour party has distinguished itself over the past 40 years by being wrong about practically every foreign policy and defence issue that has come before it . |
| 2 | The first argument to scotch is that Britain has committed itself over the years to accepting the single currency and the central bank . |
| 3 | ‘ Their precious Republic has ruined itself over the Naples war . |
| 4 | The extent to which the company has transformed itself over the past dozen years should not be underestimated . |
| 5 | Their hazardous journey has taken them over the mountains between Metkovic in Croatia to Zenica in Bosnia . |
| 6 | We 'll drive over to Baden for dinner and I promise to get you back before your mama realizes that Big Bad Gesner has abducted you over the mountains . ’ |
| 7 | One of the things that has puzzled me over the years is the obsession with high protein baits . |
| 8 | The back to nursing movement has established itself over the past five years , partly in response to a national shortage of qualified staff , and partly as a result of the UKCC 's stated commitment to introduce mandatory updating programmes for nurses and health visitors returning to practice after a specified minimum break in service . |
| 9 | ‘ I told her I 'd seen you over the weekend , ’ she relayed . |
| 10 | ‘ To a certain extent you 'll have free rein , ’ he 'd told her over the telephone . |
| 11 | There was a pause in which you could have heard a pin drop — if you could have heard anything over the machine noise which had so invaded their senses that it had the quality of silence . |
| 12 | You tell me how any of us could have chucked him over the balustrade even if the whole lot of us got together to do it . |
| 13 | Except that if the Bishop 's good wife is there , she 'll probably have said it over the Bishop already . |
| 14 | There 's another thing what we 'd have all said when we got , you 'd have said it over the years yourself , erm , well just ring in and we 'll give you the price , you know , and if we kind of touch up to contract or flat rate or whatever is the way to get ahead , or you get whatever , ring Linda , or ring Jane and she says right , and we 've said that for years , |
| 15 | You 'd have had us over the edge in a minute ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Hardly , or I could have asked it over the telephone , and avoided imposing upon you . |
| 17 | ‘ He might have thrown it over the cliff . ’ |
| 18 | He might even have thrown it over the cliff . |
| 19 | From there , two or three strides would have taken him over the edge and into oblivion . |
| 20 | ‘ In this case it 's because they believe you 've tricked them over the supposed disappearance of Clarion Call . |
| 21 | Speaking after the presentation , Mr Ashwell said the Wedgwood Fine Dining Awards were coveted by restaurants around the world and appreciated by those who had received them over the years . |
| 22 | But I met a man on the road to the other village — I 've pursued them over the mountain from Keswick and you know the road divides two ways — and he swore they had come this way . ’ |
| 23 | Telesales er telephone erm I have sold products obviously without the customer even seeing me , I 've sold them over the phone . |
| 24 | But for the generosity Dysart had shown him over the years , he might even have approved of his actions . |
| 25 | On either side of the central aisle , heads nodded at the buildings and streets around them as a now livelier Ashenden continued , himself ( like the site , it appeared ) splendidly restored from whatever malaise had affected him over the previous two days , a malaise which had been noted and commented upon by several others of the group besides Mrs Shirley Brown — the latter sitting comfortably now in her usual seat , the effects of the sting having cleared up fairly quickly under the twin application of Mrs Roscoe 's unguents . |
| 26 | And oh , we loved the intimacy of having them so close , close enough that when I rode my bicycle for ‘ Committee ’ through the ‘ vomitarium ’ separating one wedge of audience from the next I was able to steady myself by grasping the leg of a gentleman who had stretched it over the side . |
| 27 | He , surprisingly enough , was comparatively sober , which means he was drunk by any ordinary standards , but by the very gauge he had set himself over the years , he might be called a pillar of sobriety — and grumpy with it . |
| 28 | For another , it was the opportunity to take proper revenge for the discomfort that Private Eye had caused him over the years , a revenge more satisfying than that afforded him by the Music Box April Fool 's joke . |
| 29 | He could scarcely have given him a firmer hint if he had hit him over the head with a mallet . |
| 30 | Anyway , it 's very , very good news , he 's turned the corner I 've hit him over the head with the newspaper ! |