Example sentences of "fall over [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She read the Catechism in bed at night , occasionally sighing ; she would turn towards Bernard and her long hair — she wore it up for work , half-down in the home , fully down in bed — would fall over her face , over her white shoulder . |
| 2 | Throughout his performance , Mr Baker allowed a carefully oiled strand of hair to fall over his forehead , clearly an attempt to steal the crown from the famous golden locks which thrilled successive Tory conferences . |
| 3 | She tends to wear full denim skirts with lace borders and her hair falls over her face while she plays . |
| 4 | But she was lovely because the round face with the straight dyed-blonde hair , which fell over her forehead and into her eyes , was open . |
| 5 | He tried to follow her but fell over her bike . |
| 6 | Her hair fell over her face and she glowered at him . |
| 7 | She yawned and her long brown hair fell over her face as she stretched her arms out . |
| 8 | Swathes of jasmine , loose from a prolifically flowering specimen on the edge of the house , occasionally fell over their railing , with their sweet scent , before Mrs Irving , clothed in her gardening gear of wellingtons and apron over the seated and threadbare tweed suit in which she had first enticed them in , came and bound these back . |
| 9 | His hair fell over his forehead in a damp straight lock and his blue eyes were screwed up as if in concern or alarm . |
| 10 | A brown kisscurl fell over his forehead ; he chortled often , showing the sly , boyish grin and the self-satisfied air of one who had been told once too often that he was a lovable rascal . |
| 11 | His blond hair was n't short cropped like the others , but was curly and fell over his collar . |
| 12 | He leant forward and the helmet fell over his face . |
| 13 | A shadow fell over his face and he became silent , as if at some disturbing memory . |
| 14 | Yes , he was as charismatic as she remembered , with his wide smile , his open greeting as he kissed his hand to all the girls , and bowed low , so that his curls fell over his face , and had to be swept back with a gesture that was both appealing and very sexy . |
| 15 | She started to weep , with her long brown hair falling over her face . |
| 16 | It was like a net of sound falling over my mind ready to trawl the truth . |
| 17 | ‘ Meredith , I 'm crazy about you , ’ he said in his golden honey voice , a wayward lock of hair falling over his forehead . |
| 18 | And he was dressed only in faded jeans , his torso quite bare , his dark curly hair falling over his forehead . |
| 19 | And then he was there , singing , his dark hair falling over his face as he plucked passionately at the strings of the guitar . |
| 20 | As I approached I looked wonderingly at the slight figure with the soft fairish hair falling over his brow , at the holed cardigan and muck-encrusted wellingtons . |