Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun sg] over his [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Sprawled on the floor with hands and feet tied and sticking plaster over his mouth was my friend Toby .
2 A woman came and poured ointment over his feet .
3 A political heavyweight with far greater national name-recognition and fund-raising capacity than any of the six declared candidates , Cuomo was extpected to establish an immediate and sizable lead over his rivals if he were to announce his candidacy .
4 Someone had fainted and a woman was loosening his shirt and running water over his head .
5 Bridhe lifted the baby , slipped a magic coral and rowan-berry necklace over his head and walked sun-wise round the bed three times for good fortune , before taking the child down to the hall to present him to his father , to Eachuinn Odhar and the clansmen assembled .
  Next page