Example sentences of "look over [pos pn] shoulder " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie comes behind me and looks over my shoulder . |
| 2 | Laverne looks over my shoulder at the clouds , because it is easier than confronting his own oozing paint . |
| 3 | ( ROS looks over his shoulder . ) |
| 4 | Lucker looks over his shoulder to check that Arkwright is indeed out of earshot . |
| 5 | Britain 's union structure was one of a series of ‘ fragmented monopolies ’ , each monopoly looking over its shoulder at other monopolies and exploiting the comparison whenever it was to its advantage . |
| 6 | Some pupils find it off-putting to have someone looking over their shoulder the whole time ; others would like to see fewer tutors per class . |
| 7 | They sometimes have unusual parenting styles and some , though by no means all , find that having a social worker looking over their shoulder makes them feel uncomfortable and unnecessarily unsure of themselves . |
| 8 | ‘ This year they 've got Postlethwaite looking over their shoulder so they 're making damned sure they 're being strictly kosher . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They 're up to their eyeballs in balance sheets , especially with Postlethwaite looking over their shoulder , and wo n't even listen to me . ’ |
| 10 | The woman refused to sit in his presence ; she kept looking over her shoulder as if she feared her husband would come in . |
| 11 | And then Mary said she felt as if Hilbert were there with them as they rifled through chests and drawers and cupboards , she could feel his presence standing behind them , looking over her shoulder . |
| 12 | Hari said as the door was pushed open , looking over her shoulder . |
| 13 | Occasionally she has been able to get away and walk the streets of London , or slip out with friends without looking over her shoulder . |
| 14 | By contrast her community work was something she had achieved on her own without looking over her shoulder at the rest of her family . |
| 15 | Looking over her shoulder , perhaps for her husband ? |
| 16 | She 'd been wanting to go home all day , dragging on her teacher 's hand on the way in , looking over her shoulder just in case her mum might have popped her head round the gate for a last wave . |
| 17 | Then looking over her shoulder , she enquired , ‘ Are you coming up to see Great-gran ? ’ and began to walk towards the door . |
| 18 | Two snub-nosed bristle-headed boys were looking over my shoulder in bright-eyed interest . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sick to death of looking over my shoulder every time I come here , wondering and dreading if someone who knows me has seen me and can guess what I 'm coming here for ! ’ |
| 20 | We used the same old path , and I was amazed to realise that without knowing it I had been hurrying my children along and constantly looking over my shoulder . |
| 21 | I dropped down in the boat again , looking over my shoulder at the shore . |
| 22 | I find myself looking over my shoulder to see what it is they 're looking at that way . |
| 23 | ‘ O Jesus Christ , ’ he said , looking over my shoulder as if JC had just wandered in from the garden , ‘ did you die for this boy ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she said , looking over my shoulder at the open front door . |
| 25 | Try looking over your shoulder and drinking a glass of milk . |
| 26 | At all times imagine the Querying Counsel looking over your shoulder . |
| 27 | Well , one of those two was looking over your shoulder tonight . ’ |
| 28 | In the meantime , keep looking over your shoulder . ’ |
| 29 | There 's something spooky about them : you sense momentarily what it must be like to live in an ordered , God-run universe , with Himself looking over your shoulder and helpfully dropping coarse hints about a cosmic plan . |
| 30 | So , reading through this book , you feel as thought Alwyn is looking over your shoulder , egging you on . |