Example sentences of "over a cup of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blessing itself is made over a cup of wine in honour of the day ( ‘ Blessed art Thou , O Lord our God , King of the universe , who createst divers kinds of spices ’ ) which adds to the light of the Sabbath , symbolised by the candle , offering a fragrance and a beauty all its own . |
| 2 | From his letters and his wife 's memoirs we picture him in cheap cafés hunched up in his greatcoat over a cup of coffee , with Russian and European newspapers spread about him . |
| 3 | Later , over a cup of coffee backstage , Kylie talks frankly about homesickness and how it had taken her two years to adjust to life in England . |
| 4 | Over a cup of Earl Grey tea , which he had tasted and relished at Number 10 , Surkov described his visit . |
| 5 | Just as important is the talk over a cup of tea at the end when members share common problems . |
| 6 | He owed his life to Corbett who had saved him from a choking death at Tyburn , yet Corbett was still mysterious ; working constantly , his only pleasure being the flute , some manuscript or sitting quietly over a cup of wine brooding about life . |
| 7 | I asked friends , over a cup of tea . |
| 8 | So on Tuesday morning she popped into an ordinary-looking terraced house in West London and , over a cup of tea at a kitchen table , sat listening as a group of battered wives confided their problems to her . |
| 9 | Over a cup of tea in the departure lounge he asked about the red rose I had placed by the wall , and so I told him of the red , white and blue wreath at Bayeux , of the other red roses on the graves of the crew , and of the ‘ Peace ’ rose which we had brought from England . |
| 10 | Over a cup of tea , much talking ensued on their part , and clutching snatches of half-remembered school French , we eventually worked out the reason for their very unlikely visit . |
| 11 | She decided a straightforward chat over a cup of tea was the neat move . |
| 12 | They were sitting in the kitchen over a cup of tea . |
| 13 | ‘ Maybe it was n't the wisest thing to have done , ’ Lisa reflected to Josey over a cup of tea that evening . |
| 14 | ‘ As soon as you stepped out of the car I knew something was wrong , ’ her friend confided later over a cup of tea . |
| 15 | ‘ Since we 're obviously about to enter a discussion on ethics , may I suggest it might be more comfortable to do so in my apartment over a cup of coffee and a glass of aquavit ? ’ |
| 16 | And that , of course , she decided ruefully over a cup of coffee at the kitchen breakfast-bar , would have played right into his hands , seeming to justify his opinion of her . |
| 17 | And to Carole 's annoyance , Hyacinth Scragg had not turned up , despite the reminder she had received over a cup of tea at the conference centre . |
| 18 | ‘ Come and fill me in over a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 19 | Over a cup of tea , the outgoing lessee imparted all the rules of the sub-let . |
| 20 | Over a cup of tea she regaled the old lady with the story of her son and grandchild saving the wounded squirrel , and , leaving her to pass it on to her companions , she drove back to the surgery . |
| 21 | Over a cu , over a cup of tea , I could get a lot of information from you by saying |