Example sentences of "over a glass " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over a glass of wine Ladislav told me the following story : ‘ There was a Bohemian landowner called Prince Paar . |
| 2 | THE picture of wizened old Frenchmen puffing contentedly on their Gauloises over a glass of pastis could be coming to an end — by law . |
| 3 | Before the show we have a little reception in hospitality , and if I meet the guests at all before the show , it 'll either be in make-up or there , over a glass of orange juice . |
| 4 | The potato starch was dyed in separate batches of red , blue and green , then mixed together in smaller quantities and sprinkled evenly over a glass plate with a tacky varnished coating . |
| 5 | ‘ If you English tourists get too powerful around here , ’ he told me over a glass of grappa , and with a particularly charming smile , ‘ I think I can remember where the old machine-guns are buried . ’ |
| 6 | The potato starch was dyed in separate batches of red , blue and green , then mixed together in smaller quantities and sprinkled evenly over a glass plate with a tacky varnished coating . |
| 7 | Indeed for the refusal of food and drink there are a range of different visual signals : in different societies this may be signalled by putting a hand over a glass , by putting one 's knife and fork in a particular way or by shaking one 's head in a particular manner . |
| 8 | She remembered Donna Fratelli 's raucous laugh , the number of times the two of them had sat together over a glass of wine or a plate of pasta , discussing the things which really matter : men , or life , or the latest movie . |
| 9 | Josie was alone in the kitchen , reading a trade newspaper at the breakfast bar over a glass of hot lemon juice and some wholemeal toast . |
| 10 | Mirror-glass tiles covered the end walls and the ceiling ; pink plastic carnations peeped out of brass vases ; cut-out pictures of actors and actresses were pasted into a frieze over a glass bookcase filled with Hindi videos . |
| 11 | I 'm glad to say they all finished as friends over a glass of beer … but there were no cheers for the Tredworth rugby team from Gloucester on saturday … they were hoping for a fairy tale in their Provincial Cup Semi-Final … sadly what they got was a horror story |
| 12 | Roy Morgan from Gloucester is a life-long darts fan and enjoys nothing better than a game over a glass of rum at his local , the Plough in Tredworth . |
| 13 | Perhaps the only way to reach a solution would be over a glass or two at the nineteenth hole . |