Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The suspension of Mrs Kemp for over a year with no reasons being given by the local authority , caused grave misgivings in Orkney . |
| 2 | Wang Ruowang , a prominent writer and dissident , was unexpectedly released on Oct. 29 after being held in detention in Shanghai for over a year . |
| 3 | Chester-le-Street 's Lindsay Hardy , 15 , also won the girls race for the second year in succession , finishing 12th overall , and was surprised to beat Middlesbrough and Cleveland 's Kerry Matthew by over a minute and a half . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ I have been visiting North Tees for over a year now and there is no doubt in my mind that the majority of staff want the trust and are looking forward to it . ’ |
| 5 | AWA has been operating Club Keno in NSW Registered Clubs in Australia for over a year . |
| 6 | Is it because I am consumed with envy when I pass the Woodborough bookshop , and there is Eleanor 's newest novel in a special display , and with resentment because I have n't heard from Mary for over a year because she is so busy now , commuting to Brussels being a Euro-lawyer ? |
| 7 | THE FIRST regular steam-hauled passenger services over the old Great Central Route between Quainton Road and Aylesbury for over a quarter of a century were run on August 30 . |
| 8 | Henry III 's youngest sister married , in 1238 , Simon de Montfort , Earl of Leicester , who wanted royal policy to be controlled by a ‘ Parliament ’ with representatives from the larger towns , and he effectively kept Henry III and his son , captive at Lewes for over a year . |