Example sentences of "[to-vb] over a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jacques Devraux and his son were waiting beside a baggage truck that was already loaded with the rest of their hunting equipment , and leaving their sons to stand watch , the two men disappeared into the shadowy interior of the market to haggle over a purchase of several hundred pounds of salt and arsenical soap that would be used for drying and preserving the hides of animals they hoped to shoot . |
| 2 | Then it was back down to ground level to celebrate over a bottle of champagne with Zoe 's mum , Pat , and husband Joe . |
| 3 | And at times of new issues , they will often be committed to purchasing very large amounts of stock which they can only expect to sell over a period of weeks ; during which period they are exposed to the risk of capital loss if prices fall . |
| 4 | It is a picturesque favourite of visiting party leaders : those present remember fondly Sir David Steel 's manful attempt to smile over a plateful of cockles during the 1987 election . |
| 5 | When she reappeared on the stage it was to look over a sea of smiling faces and to listen to the chant now of ‘ Macushla ! |
| 6 | The gelding had failed to win over a variety of distances from five furlongs to two miles , but galloped clear in yesterday 's mile and a quarter all-weather race under veteran jockey Chris Dwyer . |
| 7 | To earn full grant-aid , Terminal courses had to extend over a minimum of twelve meetings , and aggregate twenty-four hours of attendance for a minimum of twelve students . |
| 8 | The sort of gesture that might , reasonably , allow a chap to knock over a bottle of wine and make sure at least half of it got all over Donald 's plate . |
| 9 | Although acrylic varnishes are dry in about 30 minutes , they continue to harden over a period of 24–48 hours , but here again this time may vary between different makes . |
| 10 | After unearthing four bricks , a milk bottle , and an unidentifiable piece of metal , it was possible to turn over a forkful of earth on that spot . |
| 11 | She moved to another part of the studio and started to turn over a number of stretched canvases , all of them blank . |
| 12 | Driving with considerable power , he failed to get over a ball of fullish length , giving Wessels a stinging catch at mid-on . |
| 13 | It is tuition for her and helps her to get over a lot of barriers about performing live in front of demanding and sometimes difficult audiences . |
| 14 | The pH does tend to drop over a period of time in bare tanks ( that is tanks without any substrate or plants . |
| 15 | Any manufacturing jeweller would honestly be able to take over a consignment of several hundred , especially if he were offered a 10 or 15 per cent discount on market price . |
| 16 | The Purchaser may be expecting to take over a Business of a particular size — this warranty will reassure him that he is . |
| 17 | In these , males are much larger than females and take much longer to sexually mature - perhaps the result of the increased time spent in competition with other males to take over a group of females . |
| 18 | Average response speed tended to decrease over a period of twenty minutes in sleep-deprived subjects , unlike in rested controls . |
| 19 | For this purpose the current research project has about ECU6 million to spend over a period of two and a half years . |
| 20 | Aim to collect over a period of time a variety of texts covering different types of oral literature , the formal and the informal , fiction and truth , narrative and exhortation , and so on . |
| 21 | Officials of the club and the Legion branch were present at a special ceremony to hand over a certificate of appreciation for their kindness . |