Example sentences of "[verb] over [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one corner they were hooted after by a group of young men wearing brown bowlers tipped over their eyes , and then they grew particularly bold , following them along the cracked pavement , Rose turned and screamed after them , ‘ Does yer muvver know yer art ? ’ |
| 2 | The material was bound over her eyes , and all was darkness . |
| 3 | Some lawyers are typified as ‘ clever ’ , others as ‘ stupid ’ ; the former require one to be cautious , while the latter give greater opportunity for having the wool pulled over their eyes . |
| 4 | HUNDREDS of James Bond fans had the wool well and truly pulled over their eyes yesterday . |
| 5 | ‘ It is easy to have the wool pulled over your eyes if you do n't know the ropes or do n't have someone reliable to operate for you , ’ a contented owner of property in Portugal told me . |
| 6 | That is as well , hanging over his eyes . |
| 7 | Someone was on his feet , his hands cupped over his eyes . |
| 8 | Any appeal to the headmaster would have been quite useless , for at the mention of Hilary 's name there would have snapped over his eyes those rose-tinted contact lenses he automatically assumed for viewing that young man . |