Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] over the " in BNC.

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1 The sight of his long , lean body , the cotton shirt stretched tightly over the blades of his broad shoulders , tapering down to a slim waist , brought back with sharp intensity a familiar ache in her body .
2 Under the long curling hair hanging lankly over the driver 's neck , Howard has noticed , is a tumour the size of a sparrow 's egg .
3 Remember how the cool salad dressing ran smoothly over the crunchy lettuce .
4 This may not seem to be a very daunting task , but when a man who has been flying four engine jet transports all over the world is suddenly confronted with a young pilot who has just written-off the landing gear of a light aircraft while trying to land in a cross wind , the true qualities of the new inspector are under test .
5 His heart thumped painfully and his hands began to shake again causing the light from the beat lamp to flicker wildly over the gravestones .
6 Right : A buddha figure presides serenely over the pine panelled bathroom
7 Have you ever seen the erm tag idea written all over the place ?
8 I suppose they saw their company name blazoned all over the media .
9 Hydro-Protein Fluid Foundation glides effortlessly over the skin and can be lightly set with a brush of Hydro-Proteine Loose Powder .
10 When a pilot activates his reversers , he also pours on the power to create reverse thrust , to have the blast from the jet engine going forward over the wings instead of backwards .
11 In action where Gerald Boden 's three ‘ Teddybears ’ , ex BR Class 14 loco 's originally built at Swindon for local freight trip working anywhere over the BR system .
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