Example sentences of "bent over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bent over a crate of bottles , with his back to Timothy , Mr Plant gave a startled grunt . |
| 2 | Close by , a couple of humans were bent over a piece of machinery on a tripod . |
| 3 | I remember a case where an architect designer , without excuse bent over the shoulder of his employee , a brilliant 22-year-old designer , and put his name unashamedly to the novel ideas and design of the young man , claiming them for his own . |
| 4 | Paula 's head was bent over the map , acting as navigator for the route to the point where they would attempt the crossing into Germany . |
| 5 | Can a row about the endless Saturday afternoons he now spends bent over the bonnet of his old car be used as a vehicle for their underlying struggle ? |
| 6 | Mada Joyce and a neighbour bent over the cooking fire arguing over the best decoction of herbs for the girl 's condition . |
| 7 | She watched him through her fingers as he went down the garden and bent over the hole . |
| 8 | Ward opened up the paper to reveal two tiny clay figures interlocked , the woman with her head bent over the man 's huge phallic erection . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , God , why do n't people learn from other people 's mistakes ? ’ the big man muttered , and bent over the child . |
| 10 | He had pointed along the bank to where an elderly Arab was standing in the water bent over the gunwale of a small , crazily-built boat . |
| 11 | He was bent over the prow of a little wooden sailboat — he was obviously having a rest from speedboat practice today — and was busily tightening something with a big screwdriver . |
| 12 | She walked across and bent over the girl . |
| 13 | In an anxious world serenity as cause of heightened anxiety , he wrote , and Goldberg , seizing his felt-tip pen , bent over the typewriter and wrote in the margin anxiety ? serenity ? |
| 14 | Bragg pushed his way through and bent over the body . |
| 15 | Kneeling , with my head bent over the lavatory , it was some time before I realised this sickness was not a thing I could throw up . |
| 16 | Slowly curl until the weights touch your chest , staying bent over the weight all the time . |
| 17 | Bent over the light-flashing , peeping fax machines , the mill and gallery 's owner , Jonathan Silver , checked detailed assembly instructions previously faxed by the artist . |
| 18 | He took the candle from the table and bent over the fireplace , setting the twigs ablaze . |
| 19 | Georgia was bent over the basin , throwing up . |
| 20 | The driver was bent over the wheel , while his passengers leant out of their windows waving and shouting to attract the attention of the taxi driver . |
| 21 | A rapid gear change gave them speed on the corner and he sat bent over the wheel , concentrating fiercely on the road through the sheets of rain . |
| 22 | With my head bent over the sink I had plenty of time to work out my options . |
| 23 | Her fluffy white head was bent over the bag . |