Example sentences of "over in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course it must be agony for him to go shopping for me ( what does he do at the chemist 's ? ) , so I suppose he prefers to get it all over in one go . |
| 2 | Paint a blown egg all over in one colour and varnish it . |
| 3 | Boards can be painted all over in one colour , or individually to form a formal or striped or variegated pattern ; they can be stencilled , given a border , or topped with all sorts of imaginative decorative effects ( see Paint Finishes , pages 368–79 ) . |
| 4 | Over in one corner Church was systematically emptying bottles . |
| 5 | Over in one corner was a washstand , with a big old jug , and beneath it , large and unwieldy , decorated in lurid purple flowers , an antique piss-pot . |
| 6 | You will be getting scenarios and you wo n't be expected to put all that information over in one block , you 're expected to structure your information . |
| 7 | They 'll be flown over in one of the biggest movements of horses ever . |
| 8 | And as I say , there was always one I remember that sticks passively in my mind when she came over in one December five weekends on the trot ! |
| 9 | So the hearing was over in two minutes . |
| 10 | ‘ All better now , darling , — over in two shakes — come on , close your … ’ |
| 11 | The entire stock of the nation 's glasses turns over in two years so there is no reason why this measure should result in any implementation costs or why the price of a pint should go up . |
| 12 | Bailey is Britain 's number five and 240th in the world … the difference between them showed today … iit was all over in two sets … |
| 13 | Bailey is Britain 's number five and 240th in the world … the difference between them showed today … iit was all over in two sets … |
| 14 | Well it was over in nineteen eighteen . |
| 15 | Oh I , I should think that about fifteen years ago er when erm the lighting manufacturers had decided that er there was a great deal more available in lighting than just the erm , type of glass bowls and shades that had been used , well in between the wars er , I mean after the war was over in nineteen forty six er they were still using the same things that they did before the war and this just carried on er and er it , it only within the last what I suppose fifty years that 's over |
| 16 | But he said he did n't mind as long as he was helping the war effort , and anyway it would all be over in six months and he could go back to selling firewood . |
| 17 | Maybe it wo n't , and my father says it 'll be over in six months anyway , so none of them will have to go . ’ |
| 18 | Again , in the late 1920s Max Born told a group of scientists visiting Göttingen that ‘ physics , as we know it , will be over in six months . ’ |
| 19 | Then again , in 1928 , physicist and Nobel prize winner Max Born told a group of visitors to Göttingen University , " Physics , as we know it , will be over in six months . " |
| 20 | Every time the woman was marking off the numbers Shaney was turning the card over , you know , she turned it over in six cards . |
| 21 | ‘ My father thought that the new democratic government which took over in 1980 would create more jobs in the capital . |
| 22 | The pain was terrible , but it was over in fifteen minutes , and I did n't move . |
| 23 | ‘ It was all over in 45 minutes but it seemed an eternity , ’ said Colin . |
| 24 | Army takes over in 999 dispute . |
| 25 | Given Mr Mertz 's success since taking over in 1986 , his prediction should be taken seriously . |
| 26 | The same Gary Player financially assisted a smiling Bantu by the name of Vincent Tshabalala to come over in 1976 . |
| 27 | In 1889 she was appointed demonstrator in botany at Newnham College , and along with her colleague Marion Greenwood she organized the Balfour laboratory , whose direction she took over in 1899 . |
| 28 | The relationship between Government educationists and villagers was a political one , and created the seeds of resentment and conflict that eventually spilled over in 1979 with the overthrow of the Shah . |
| 29 | The highly promising Keith Andrew from Lancashire would be qualified to take over in 1954 , and it was not a surprise when Northants decided to terminate Fiddling 's engagement before the season was out . |
| 30 | The X-Windows technology industry was worth $820m in 1992 , up 60% from the $510m it turned over in 1991 , according to a report by Fremont , California-based X Business Group . |