Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] his [noun] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet there was something so powerfully rebuking , and at the same time so unassailable about his figure looming over them that Mr Charles 's two drunken companions seemed to cower back like small boys caught by the farmer in the act of stealing apples . |
| 2 | Successful 12 months ago , Sabin du Loir comes here fresh from his Wincanton win over ‘ Dessie ’ , and should have a big fitness pull over the likes of Waterloo Boy , Young Snugfit , and former Champion Hurdler Beech Road all making their seasonal debuts . |
| 3 | She realized this openly and laughed at him in the sun , saying that the Afghans could n't manage it either , and her blatant flirtatiousness fuelled him to perform one of his music-hall leaps over the back of the car into the bucket seat . |
| 4 | Travis followed her down , his hard body half-covering her , one of his legs thrown over hers to keep her still . |
| 5 | He gripped the open door and pulled , one of his hands closing over Donna 's . |
| 6 | One of his hands closing over the slender curve of her hip made her lower body stir involuntarily , the increasing urgency of the gyrating movement explicit , both statement and summons , and Maria heard the harsh breath he drew as he absorbed it . |