In short order, he hoovered up 70 pieces, some with paint barely dry.

The ink is barely dry on their expression of intention to merge.

The paint on some of the buildings was barely dry.

The ink was barely dry when the baby plovers threw the agreement into doubt.

The paint is barely dry; yet, the decorating is all done.

Weight Lifting Once again, the ink was barely dry in the record book before a test turned up positive.

The ink's barely dry on the papers she signed.

With the ink on the peace documents barely dry, this was no time for that kind of talk.

"The ink is barely dry on our acquisition announcement," she said.

But on Nov. 15 there are floors barely dry, and we move in.