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Example sentences for "over forty"

  • The number of prospective pioneers to virgin areas is over forty.

  • I don't know what you mean; but I'm over forty-five.

  • I don't know; but I know I'm over forty-five.

  • I don't know and I don't care; but I'm over forty-five.

  • The Anna, with its crew of over forty fugitives, drew more than two metres of water, so we were confronted with the problem of the depth of the water in this channel.

  • But before they got into our lines, over forty of them were killed by our shells, which were sweeping the ground and clearing things up generally.

  • Over forty, however, including two brave women, remained staunch and stuck to us.

  • Over forty years of experience of public life had taught me how easy it is to introduce a prejudice in a man's mind, but how difficult it is to destroy it when once it has taken root.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "over forty" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    existing conditions; last annual; last found; open work; over against; over each; over forty; over head and ears; over here; over the fire till; over the fire until; over them; over twenty; over whom; over with; over yonder; overflight and navigation permitted; overseas territory; overtake them; overwhelming force; overwhelming majority; pleasant little; primitive thought; she chose; turned himself; would consider