Example sentences of "over [art] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was approached from behind and hit over the back with what is thought to be a piece of hosepipe , ’ a spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said last night . |
| 2 | That increases the surface tension on the top of the coffee — or is it the specific gravity ? — so that when you dribble the cream slowly down over the back of the spoon it stays on the top . ’ |
| 3 | Over the back of one of the chairs hung a blue and green flowered dress , a green coat , long wrist-buttoning gloves . |
| 4 | He wrenched off his tie and flung his morning coat over the back of a chair . |
| 5 | The family had finished their supper when she got home , but her temper was soothed by her reception : Herr Nordern coming from the bedroom to greet her , Omi fussing , Erika getting her meal , even Paul helping her off with her coat , although he rather spoiled his effect by then chucking it over the back of a chair instead of hanging it up . |
| 6 | In the heat of the kitchen she had removed her costume jacket and hung it over the back of a nearby chair . |
| 7 | She studied her hands again more intently while a pink glow crept over the back of her neck . |
| 8 | He shrugs off the jacket of his suit and drapes it over the back of a chair . |
| 9 | We return to the village by a twisting route over the back of the island . |
| 10 | Though her hair was not quite dry Franca began to plait it very fast , letting a long thick plait materialise between her nimble hands , then tossing it over her shoulder and letting it hang down over the back of the chair . |
| 11 | Over the back of the 18th hole is out-of-bounds ; you do n't want to go in the bunker on the right short of the green where Graham finished up , so Sandy played it left-to-right . |
| 12 | When turning completely it is always preferable to turn by leaning the sail over the back of the board ( a tack ) since this will turn the board into wind and make it easier to return from where you set out . |
| 13 | By deliberately pulling in the sail too tight over the back of the board you can try sailing sideways or even backwards . |
| 14 | He had tossed his coat over the back of a chair and was pouring whiskies . |
| 15 | If you start to choke on something , put your fist into the soft spot under the middle of the ribcage and keeping ‘ punching ’ yourself , or bend forwards over the back of a chair and bounce your abdomen off it . |
| 16 | I walk up to the spot where a rabbit is entangled , I get down on one knee and lift the top line of the net over the back of my head . |
| 17 | Filmer , extremely smooth in a dark suit and grey tie , solicitously removed Daffodil 's chinchillas and hung them over the back of her chair . |
| 18 | Samson yowled , let go , and she was over the back of the counter crouching down , pushing and wriggling through stinking legs and skirts that reeked of an unwashed lifetime . |
| 19 | There was a rustle beside her as Gladys removed a shapeless cardigan and hung it over the back of the adjoining chair . |
| 20 | He was aware of the room 's clutter , the central wooden table still covered with the remains of their midday meal , an assortment of plates smeared with tomato sauce , a half-eaten sausage , a large bottle of orangeade uncapped ; the children 's clothes thrown over the back of a low nursing chair before the fireplace , of the smell of milk and bodies and wood smoke . |
| 21 | This situation is best avoided by arranging the straps over the back of the hand and not around the wrist . |
| 22 | Slinging his mac over the back of a pew he sat down and rested his feet on the one in front . |
| 23 | She wore a matching crepe dress , which draped across her large bosom and red neck , and a mink stole was hung negligently over the back of her chair . |
| 24 | It 's silly things like that which get in the way of the actual show , so for the next series , I suggested a couch , low enough for me to put my arm over the back of it , but high enough to stop me sliding off on to the floor . |
| 25 | He gazed at the throat wounds with extraordinary concentration , but made no move to touch the body except to run his hand lightly over the back of the head , like a caress . |
| 26 | Thus ‘ pen ’ is the first finger of one hand drawn across the palm of the other , a beckoning with the whole hand or finger ends is ‘ gim me ’ , slapping the thigh is ‘ dog ’ , and an index finger drawn over the back of the hand is ‘ tickle ’ ( Walker 1983 : 355 ) . |
| 27 | Hauser was talking again after removing his jacket , placing it carefully over the back of his chair . |
| 28 | Roy shrugged off his own coat while still sitting , letting it fall over the back of his chair . |
| 29 | Dozing on the plane he felt the smoothness of the assassin 's face in his fingertips , the tumble of hair he 'd taken to be Jude 's over the back of his hands . |
| 30 | The fact that Mondrian had painted over the back of the canvas had helped keep the painting in particularly fine condition . |