Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] it over [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But I have a feeling it might be easier to mull it over at the next meeting .
2 From bitter experience , she knew it would be impossible to talk it over with Julius , look at the advantages and disadvantages of such a decision , and then reach an amicable agreement .
3 Maybe you were lucky to get it over with so soon . ’
4 Actually , I 'll be glad to get it over with .
5 But I consider myself perfectly competent to be able to go to court , make applications for remand , make pleas of mitigation where there 's a guilty plea and also conduct a case in such a way as to be able to pass it over to someone else in the practice .
6 You may have the rest that you covet as soon as I am able to make it over to you . ’
7 That does n't seem to be so at some stages it is a little difficult getting it over as a as a a retired person talking to someone who is facing redundancy about retirement .
8 The argument was both flattering and convenient — so convenient that the middle classes were inclined to take it over from the aristocrats ( who had long fancied themselves a superior race ) for internal as well as international purposes : the poor were poor because they were biologically inferior and conversely , if citizens belonged to ‘ lower races ’ , it was no wonder that they stayed poor and backward .
9 ‘ I 've found out a lot , ’ she said , ‘ and I 'm very keen to talk it over with you .
10 Best to get it over with , ’ agreed Iris .
11 That 's it , good lad , is it still F seven to flip it over from
12 This seems quite difficult at first , but you should soon be able to weave more quickly as you find out when you move your hand to release the yarn ready to lay it over for the next row .
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