Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [pron] [noun pl] over [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 The delicate tracing of his fingers over her naked breast nearly clouded her mind off forever .
2 Lucenzo reached out and pushed back the tress of copper hair which had fallen over her forehead , and she trembled at the sensual drift of his fingers over her face .
3 I have reason to support the authority of my neighbours over their children , etc .
4 It was a measure of Cecilia 's character that , unlike most people , she experienced no schadenfreude about this , felt no secret pleasure in the superiority of her circumstances over her friend 's , but sincerely regretted Daphne 's inferior home and reduced income .
5 Thrown into utter confusion by his volte-face , and the brush of his lips over her knuckles , she found herself agreeing , ‘ Very well . ’
6 These forms of disability representation naturalise the exclusion of disabled people from societies which are organised on an ability to gain employment and these representations are the target of non-disabled people for the ridding of their fears over their own ‘ able-bodied ’ decline , mortality or loss of power .
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