Example sentences of "[noun] down over [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She contented herself with pulling the T-shirt down over her bare stomach . |
| 2 | Carol was giggling insanely and Melissa was still trying to pull her jumper down over her unruly , but perfectly formed , breasts as they ran across the road to the van . |
| 3 | There was no resistance from her as his hands moved caressingly over her flesh , her senses somehow drugged and seduced into quivering acquiescence as he leaned forward , trailing his lips down over her throat and lower neck , searching for and finding the firm , warm swell of her breast . |
| 4 | One minute they 're growing bamboos through living prisoners and unravelling their own insides , and the next they 've all got their heads down over their computers , making motor cars . |
| 5 | She wriggled her skirt down over her thighs and when she risked a look she was relieved to discover Edward had done his trousers up again . |
| 6 | Maria Candida ordered the following morning , and when Sara obeyed slipped the kirtle over her head , pulling the skirt down over her waist and making sure the bodice was not twisted on the girl 's white shoulders . |
| 7 | I was terrified , I tried not to look at him , I tried pulling my skirt down over my knees . |
| 8 | She eased away from him and unzipped his boots , tugging them off before sliding the leathers down over his long legs . |
| 9 | Someone brusquely pulled the headscarf down over her face , stifling her cry , cutting off her vision . |
| 10 | ‘ It means that , since the de Sciorto title dates from the mid-sixteenth century , I come somewhere in the middle of the pecking order , ’ he grinned , his eyes lidded as he moved his gaze down over her defensively folded arms , lingering on the golden swell of her breasts at the button fastening on her T-shirt . |
| 11 | Her voice had risen and the child now sat down on a low chair and quickly took off her shoes , then pulled her grey stockings down over her knees before , standing up , she asked , ‘ Will you unhook me , please ? ’ |
| 12 | Tugging the cuffs down over his hands as far as they would go , he worked his cuffed wrists down his back and round his behind . |
| 13 | Holding her shoes in one hand , she ran the other down over her body to one thigh , then back to her head and through her cropped blonde hair . |
| 14 | Before she could say any more , he settled the helmet down over his head and fastened the strap . |
| 15 | He finished his cocoa as quickly as possible and he was about to leave when to his surprise Mr Grover began pulling the blind down over his shop door . |
| 16 | Smiling blandly , he tugs the points of his waistcoat down over his paunch and sidles out of the office . |
| 17 | She stood to slip the dress down over her hips , and pouted at him in her petticoat . |
| 18 | She brushed her skirts down over his hand so that it was free to move upwards beneath the pleated folds . |
| 19 | The last time they met Mr Major gave Mr Delors — his main opponent in the battle over the future shape of Europe — a dressing down over his bid to scupper the Gatt talks . |
| 20 | His voice was thick and hoarse against her lips , and as she found her body instinctively straining towards him he ran a slightly shaking hand down over her shoulder to caress the jut of her breasts beneath the clinging yellow Lycra . |
| 21 | She ran her hand down over his chest and stomach , and seized him softly and irresistibly by the roots . |
| 22 | The wind , seizing on the hole in the roof , tugged and groaned , and spewed wet straw down over his hair and into the water . |
| 23 | Maybe I should have taken you to Calypso 's Cave , over on Gozo , ’ he added mockingly , running his hands down over her hips and closing the gap between them so that every hollow and curve came into contact with the steely wall of his legs and stomach , ‘ where the goddess Calypso managed to detain Ulysses for seven years … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen , ’ he whispered huskily , smoothing his hands down over her slim waist , the curve of her hips , to the delicate lace of her panties , peeling the scrap of white material down to reveal the whole of her , trembling and weak-kneed , as she stood before him . |
| 25 | His soapy hands slipped possessively over her quivering body , pausing to sensually caress the hard , swollen peaks of her breasts before trailing a slow , scorching path down over her slim waist , and on down … down over the soft swell of her hips . |
| 26 | She kept a cow , and although there was only water from a well ‘ up top of the garden ’ , this was another spotless house : ‘ she always kept a nice white cloth down over her stair matting , washed and ironed each week . |
| 27 | Dutifully , even hastily , she pulled the strap down over her left arm and stepped out of her dress . |
| 28 | This man 's joy at his team 's win greatly tempered his reaction at being jabbed in the chest by a vigorous old Irish American , but even he had to retaliate when Uncle Mick pulled his cap down over his eyes and shoved him back in his seat . |
| 29 | He pulled his cap down over his eyes but the wind whistled bitterly through his ears . |
| 30 | Lucie forced a penny into his soft , sleeping palm ; dumped his shearing tools in his lap , and pulled his cap down over his face in the hope that nobody would recognize him for one of the players . |