Example sentences of "over in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would pen them in a corner and the job would be over in no time . |
| 2 | I want to kiss you like a butterfly on mescaline , all over in a flurry of delirium , I want to bite you to the bones , to be so close to you there materialises a planet called us . |
| 3 | In order to provide ‘ permanent ’ help , many agencies operate a rota system with the carers working for a period of one or two weeks or a month , and then changing over in a planned way with another carer . |
| 4 | It must have been all over in a few seconds . |
| 5 | This conclusion , very obvious to historians and anthropologists , was a dramatic and difficult point to put over in a society which rejected this possibility as one of the first principles . |
| 6 | A grateful stock market was apparently convinced that the war would be over in a matter of hours , and so the Dow Jones roared to a 114-point gain . |
| 7 | The journey is a long one , but it is hurried over in a few words . |
| 8 | Three days ' journey on into the desert are hurried over in a verse , and then the people run out of water . |
| 9 | It was over in a few seconds . |
| 10 | To my dismay , the whole entrance to Clonmacnoise had been concreted over in a multi-lane car park that was almost totally empty . |
| 11 | The Germans certainly knew about Bawdsey : in 1938 they sent a Luftwaffe general over in a Zeppelin to cruise the Suffolk coastline , snooping into the manor 's electronic secrets . |
| 12 | The crowd of 7,000 — Aberdeen 's lowest of the season — had little to enthuse over in a drab second half in which Aberdeen had several excellent chances but displayed their old failing of not converting demonstrable outfield superiority into goals . |
| 13 | The forced sale was over in a matter of hours . |
| 14 | ‘ Stay here , ’ she told Nina , letting her hand go , ‘ this will be over in a moment . ’ |
| 15 | Accordingly , instead of the war being over in a short time — as was thought by many — it became literally bogged down in trench warfare never previously experienced . |
| 16 | It nearly always came over in a bad light , as a bunch of cocooned scientists trying to hoodwink the common sense of ordinary folk . |
| 17 | Everyone thought the war would be over in a matter of months . |
| 18 | It was over in a matter of seconds . |
| 19 | In the early 1980s , at a time when manufacturing industry was collapsing and the outlook for the unskilled looked particularly bleak , frustration boiled over in a series of riots in London , Bristol , Birmingham , Liverpool , and elsewhere . |
| 20 | In addition to your normal credit facility , you will be able to call upon this additional reserve to help you cope with unexpected expenses such a last minute change to travel plans , or an unplanned stop over in a hotel . |
| 21 | Blown over in a freak gust outside the Metropole on 6 December 1940 ; car 50 was subsequently broken up . |
| 22 | It was all over in a few minutes . |
| 23 | Wars had been fought before by the regular Army , and this one , it was supposed , would be the same : it would be over in a few months , it not weeks . |
| 24 | As he spoke , the sideboard barring the entrance toppled over in a heap of shattered crockery and wood . |
| 25 | The pendulum which seems to have swung very far in one direction will either swing back or over in a circle and the extreme position will not be maintained . |
| 26 | Mr Smith slumped over in a chair , not looking up . |
| 27 | In the same way , when a teacher adjusts you into an upright position you will probably feel as though you are about to fall over in a forwards direction . |
| 28 | You see a car roll over in a film and people get up and walk away ; people I know have rolled cars and broken arms and legs . ’ |
| 29 | Brown paint-streaked trouserlegs were tucked into the boots , and at the top the trousers ended in a scallop-shape where a hairy belly hung over in a loop , belly-button gaping . |
| 30 | Passing sentence , Mr Justice Latham said : ‘ Adolescent emotions boiled over in a way that older people would have been able to cope with . ’ |