Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] over [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So many terraces , ’ she mooned , refusing to acknowledge how amazing he looked in black trousers and a white evening jacket ; even the tea-towel over his shoulder did nothing to disarm his incredible elegance . |
| 2 | Ted stood there waiting with the shirt over his arm , waiting to hear the inevitable sequence completed before he went on ; slam the van door , up the outside stairs to the flat over the workshop , another door to slam , and then LOUD MUSIC . |
| 3 | putting your head through the main-frame triangle , or carrying the bike over your shoulder is uncomfortable in the extreme . |
| 4 | Singer draped the T-shirt over his head , but his laughter was evident in the way his shoulders shook . |
| 5 | On the board over his head was written , in white letters on black : " THE LORD COMETH " . |
| 6 | Cranston swung the sack over his shoulder . |
| 7 | I scrambled to my feet , forcing the turban over my eyes and bending the feather till it stuck out like a pan-handle , went nervously into the comedy routine and finished by singing , ‘ If There 's a Wrong Way to Do It ’ and walking into the proscenium arch . |
| 8 | Astonishingly this is the second recording of the work to appear within the space of a year , and it has the advantage over its predecessor ( on C ) of appearing on one disc instead of two , courtesy the omission of all the recitatives — no great loss in this case , I feel . |
| 9 | ‘ It certainly does ; you have the advantage over your sister every time . ’ |
| 10 | The rubber strap is too short to fit around the bulky cuff of a membrane drysuit without either stretching the strap or wearing the computer over your wrist seal . |
| 11 | Holding the blanket over her breasts , she sat up . |
| 12 | She fell back and pulled the blanket over her face , cackling and wheezing with delight . |
| 13 | He walked with one hand in his trouser pocket and the other grasping the blanket over his shoulder . |
| 14 | I replaced the blanket over his head and stood for a few moments looking at the bodies in their neat little rows . |
| 15 | In South Africa , President De Klerk has predicted victory in the referendum over his plans to scrap apartheid . |
| 16 | She stood , slipping the necklace over her head . |
| 17 | He folded the cloak over his arm , then touched Lucille 's cold cheek . |
| 18 | And it 's , I 'm going to do things for the house like I want to make erm Chris has put back the rail over my windowsill . |
| 19 | The worry over her disappearance which had caused his relief that she was safe to express itself in what she acknowledged was quite justified anger had abated . |
| 20 | Holly could have answered the babble over his shoulder . |
| 21 | In consequence , concern is mounting in the University over its ability ( a ) to maintain the core of qualified staff who provide essential services and continuity , especially in the science departments , by way of research support , and ( b ) to provide an internal career structure which will prevent a wasteful loss of skilled and experienced staff . |
| 22 | But since her captivity , a babel seethed around her constantly , the cries and demands of Sycorax , the commands of the men on guard over her , the hammering and planing of the pales for the stockade and for the settlers ' other plans ; the shouts of the men from the boat-building on the beach , the barking of orders to bondsmen brought from England on the ship that had returned , the yells of slaves whom they had loaded in Dahomey or Yoruba on the journey back , and roped and chained and put to work under the whip , and the bellowing laughter now and then of the overseer , a tall African who had been taken out of chains himself to hold the lash over his fellows . |
| 23 | That 's where the Grendon technique gets to work ; listening , talking , breaking down barriers and not letting anyone pull the wool over their eyes . |
| 24 | It 's hard with family to pull the wool over their eyes emotionally because they have seen you go through all sorts of things when you are growing up . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I can think of one firm that I think had tried to pull the wool over our eyes for many years . |
| 26 | While Henry II talked of peace and allowed first Geoffrey and then Henry to pull the wool over his eyes , Richard 's duchy was slipping away from him . |
| 27 | And we think that Gen McCreery would have given short shrift to anyone who tried to pull the wool over his eyes . |
| 28 | You ca n't pull the wool over my eyes like that . |
| 29 | I told him you do n't pull the wool over my eyes , you might pull the rest , it over the rest , not this one , I said if you wan na play cards |
| 30 | No , we 're not trying to pull the wool over your eyes . |