Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [adv] over " in BNC.

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1 A long , narrow band of cloud has been moving down over the country and will continue to do so throughout the night before it moves away eastwards tomorrow , being replaced by clear skies to the west .
2 Does my right hon. Friend agree that if the Labour party implemented even a fraction of the spending priorities that it has been spreading around over the past year or two , to the tune of £30 billion or £40 billion extra expenditure , it would not only have to face the problem of raising taxation , but would have to resort to massive borrowing , which would increase interest rates and greatly damage the economy ?
3 In London the Shahs ambassador , Parviz Radji , who had been inter alia , the lover of Princes Ashraf , has been agonizing daily over the turn that is country had taken , the corruption of the court of which he was apart , and the inglorious way in which it has now all collapsed .
4 I 'm not suggesting the U.K. has been doing marvellously over the past 40 years ( compared to many other nations it has n't ) but compared to the U.S. it 's done very well indeed .
5 He said : My impression is that what has been going on over a period of years has come from , or been led by , a small mafia group of MI5 who have contacts outside in one or two sections of the press , and a few self-appointed private enterprise security agents .
6 Product differentiation and improvement has been occurring steadily over the years and now includes metal and wooden window frames , doors , storage tanks , household furniture , beds , as well as a much improved range of braziers , and tin trunks .
7 Watchpoint : If you are in the right category , but your weight has been creeping up over the years , then it would be wise to reassess your eating habits .
8 ‘ But what has been happening in Darlington has been happening all over the country , this has been a national problem . ’
9 Levels of nitrates in tap water had been rising slowly over the past decade , most of it leaching into groundwater from farmers fields , where it 's used as a fertilizer .
10 Towards the end of the 19th century , a crisis had been building up over the names of organic compounds .
11 While his loving note helped to sooth her misgivings , it was difficult to control the inner turmoil which had been building up over the months .
12 These were Wilson and Castle 's response to the ‘ unofficial strike problem ’ which had been building up over the '60s but had acquired particular prominence in 1968 with the publication of the Donovan Commission 's report .
13 What had been happening financially over the last five or six years is unclear but in 1932 the situation was regarded as ‘ serious ’ and it was to continue so ( as with other Clubs in the Depression ) until the late 1930's .
14 Louise had hardly been out of his thoughts for a moment during the past six weeks while the relieving force , under the command of General Sinclair , had been advancing circumspectly over the plains .
15 She noted , she said with a pained expression , that output from the UK Vehicle Division of United Motors had been falling steadily over the previous ten years .
16 They 're just doing us out of money that we 've been saving up over the years .
17 We 've been ploughing all over the grass !
18 Both the assets and the liabilities of the personal sector have been rising rapidly over the past ten years .
19 Since the death of Tito in 1980 , and with the growing economic crisis , which is felt by Serbians to have particularly affected them ( although there is , in fact , little evidence that Serbia 's relative position has fallen in comparison with Yugoslavia as a whole ) , a growing number of Serb intellectuals have been looking back over the past and asking themselves whether Serbia was discriminated against under ‘ Titoist ’ rule .
20 Hamburger joints and up-market American-style restaurants have been spreading all over Britain in the last few years , and their food has been getting more authentic and better all the time — at least in terms of taste .
21 The stolen cars have been occurring now over the last year .
22 Wellcome shares have been performing strongly over the past year and the value of the company has almost doubled .
23 Dunlop have been working hard over the winter and Rainey 's lap times during testing proves they 'll be right there . ’
24 The plaudits have been pouring in over the past weeks , as the following reports show .
25 At the same time levels of public expenditure on the railways have been declining steadily over the past few years in the run-up to an expected privatisation and are now well below those of Britain 's Continental neighbours .
26 It is hardly possible to drive through the village and people have been climbing all over the wreck .
27 ‘ It was heat-of-the-moment stuff but it 's been building up over a little while .
28 There I mean there was nothing like the bombing that 's been going on , well , at least that 's what we 're told , the bombing that 's been going on over the last twenty four , forty eight hours of Baghdad for instance .
29 It 's been happening all over the world for quite some time . ’
30 Right , I just thought the Chair would like to thank Councillor for the immense amount of work I know that he 's been putting in over certain things that have been going on lately and I now take councillors ' questions if any of you got any for me .
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