Example sentences of "over his [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tucked the chintzy bed cover over his sleeping friend and switched off the light . |
| 2 | Sam stood guard over his blood-covered friend and tried in vain to flag down passing motorists . |
| 3 | It matted the hair on his chest and ran down over his pubic hair and penis , dripping from his feet . |
| 4 | The plaintiff used to spread a cloth over his elephantoid scrotum and sell sweetmeats from it to the passersby . |
| 5 | There is much obscurity over his early career and indeed it is hard to state positively and with conviction what Kim did before the end of the Pacific War . |
| 6 | ‘ The great thing is that he 's over his glandular fever and has ended all the speculation about his future by signing a new contract . |
| 7 | Prior Tuathal pulled his hood absently over his reddening crown and sat , his chin in the sun , bending his sharp intelligence to the exchange between the Earl and the King by which all his theories were about to be tested . |
| 8 | This corkscrews the opponent backwards over his supporting leg and dumps him on the mat . |
| 9 | He was on the point of taking his own life because he was depressed over his ill health and at the , in the church one can find spiritual food and physical food together , and in our country that 's about the only place where you can find those two together . |
| 10 | As a whole , though , they do suggest an author looking back over his own work and trying to reduce it to order . |
| 11 | He folded complacent white hands over his considerable girth and frowned at his two listeners . |
| 12 | Placing the right leg forward , the student leans back over his left leg and drops his hands to the floor , while keeping watch on his opponent over the right shoulder . |
| 13 | Wilson was , as ever , careful to hedge his bets : grammar schools would disappear , he asserted , over his dead body and the fundamental purpose of the reform was represented as the extension to all of the opportunities of a grammar-school education . |
| 14 | The Doctor hooked the handle of his umbrella over his top pocket and pulled his paisley scarf from around his neck . |
| 15 | Every nerve-ending felt exposed , her skin almost painful to the touch as she moved her hands across his warm skin , touched each muscle until it tensed , then slid her palms over his smooth back and buttocks . |
| 16 | Fearon dragged it on over his sweater , tugged a disreputable flat cap over his wet hair and set off briskly towards the yard . |
| 17 | He pulled on a bright yellow weatherproof jacket over his thick jersey and moleskin trousers , slid his long feet into rubber boots and collected some keys from the study . |