Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] over a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He loves you , he 's a good bloke , you 've been together for over a year . |
| 2 | I 've been using both for over a year now and the best I 've been able to get is a ratio of 1.8 to 1 . |
| 3 | Captain Dunbar 's been around now for over a year and most of Madeleine 's suitors last only a few months , so we think it 's serious . ’ |
| 4 | But , I , what I ca n't understand is , why all of a sudden does he want her back and see the children , well for over a year he kept her away ? |
| 5 | I have now been here for over a week , and am beginning to get into the swing of things . |
| 6 | Two branches in Birmingham were visited regularly for over a year between 1980 and 1981 . |
| 7 | All three have been attending Medau classes regularly for over a year now an have taken part in rallies etc . |
| 8 | His presence there for over a year was a useful lever for Russia , which therefore replaced China as a contender for dominant influence in the peninsula . |
| 9 | And sad things like children falling into fires and because in the mud huts you have the fire in the centre of the hut and it 's quite easy for the children to fall in and there was one little boy there who had been there for over a year and they kept trying to erm heal up all his skin wounds . |
| 10 | Assuming the car had gone missing at the same ti me as Angela Morgan , it might have been there for over a week ; it had only been found that evening by a uniformed constable who was keeping his eyes open . |
| 11 | They 've been sitting there for over a week |
| 12 | Sometimes she 'd keep me waiting there for over an hour while she scanned the surroundings through 180 degrees , over and over again . |
| 13 | I must 'ave bin sittin' there fer over an hour an' then this geezer comes out an' beckons me in 'is office . |
| 14 | She told him that she did not play again for over a week . |
| 15 | Accompanied by Manuel Garcia Morante , she sang superbly for over an hour , and gave everyone the greatest joy . |