Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] over his " in BNC.
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| 31 | Before leaving town he had a professional shave , shampoo and trim — not too much off — just the straggle of hair over his collar . |
| 32 | In fact , months earlier , before there was any real cause for concern over his health rate at all , I had a sudden flash forward . |
| 33 | So one day I poured a cup of coffee over his head . |
| 34 | One adverse critic of Dustin 's performance was the young and eccentric English actor Victor Henry , who , on seeing Dustin in a bar after the show , emptied a glass of beer over his head . |
| 35 | The highly publicised court case brought unwelcome notoriety to Bremner , casting a shadow of doubt over his career and causing untold misery to his family . |
| 36 | Then later , as his speed and timing improve and after gaining a certain amount of success over his own ranks , he can go a step higher and spar with a student with more experience than himself . |
| 37 | Also on Dec. 2 Baker announced that he was appealing to the House of Lords against an Appeal Court ruling of Nov. 29 which had declared him personally in contempt of court over his decision in May to cancel the return flight to the UK of a deported Zaïrean citizen , although a High Court judge had ordered a stay on the latter 's removal . |
| 38 | The driver yelled an order for silence over his shoulder and flapped his reins . |
| 39 | Ellen was showing Rickie Crowninshield all the elaborate electronic toys that only Ellen wholly understood ; the radios , radars , weatherfaxes and satellite receivers , and Rickie was being surprisingly attentive , but as soon as he saw me he scowled and clamped a pair of headphones over his ears as though to make sure that he did not have to hold any kind of conversation with me . |
| 40 | Each was wearing one half of a pair of tights over his head . |
| 41 | The great wall girdle wall was decorated and inscribed with the drama of " The Triumph of Horus over His Enemies " , with which Imhotep appears to have become connected . |
| 42 | " The Triumph of Horus over his Enemies " is shown in relief scenes with inscriptions on the inner face of the great girdle wall of the Ptolemaic temple of Horus at Edfu . |
| 43 | [ For original February 1989 fatwa against Rushdie over his novel The Satanic Verses see pp. 36450-51 . ] |
| 44 | It has meant that proposed talks with Forest over his return to the club have been put on hold , and the transfer is not expected to be completed until the weekend . |
| 45 | Bryan Thomson 's match was already at the first tee when Patrick strolled up with the bag of clubs over his shoulder . |