Example sentences of "[vb past] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tiny beam of light flickered over the telephone — and back . |
| 2 | His hands flickered over the console and brought up the weapons display . |
| 3 | A red liquid oozed over the floor . |
| 4 | Then , as she bent over the stove , heating milk , she said casually , ‘ So , what was Doyle telling you , then ? ’ |
| 5 | Ma bent over the stove . |
| 6 | Margery 's face was hidden by her hair as she bent over the stove . |
| 7 | As she bent over the intercom the little skirt went peek-a-boo and you could see white pants cupping her buttocks like a bra . |
| 8 | Hawkins bent over the slave and examined the padlock . |
| 9 | The large Nubian was discussing something — evidently money — with a client who bent over the desk towards her , his back to Huy . |
| 10 | In the far corner of the churchyard , a woman was tending a grave ; she bent over the stone urn to arrange fresh flowers , then stood quietly with bowed head and folded hands . |
| 11 | I dived into the bathroom and bent over the loo . |
| 12 | When the news finished they bent over the Guardian TV page , deciding what to see next . |
| 13 | Philip bent over the boy , looking down at him . |
| 14 | Dyson bent over the engine again . |
| 15 | Mairi was still shrieking and striking at Luch while Master Beaton bent over the bed . |
| 16 | She bent over the bed and thought at first that she was too late . |
| 17 | She clung to me , as I bent over the bed . |
| 18 | Mrs Corney bent over the bed , and the dying woman opened her eyes . |
| 19 | He bent over the bed once again . |
| 20 | She bent over the bed . |
| 21 | As they all bent over the chart , the shop door pinged again , and , as one , they all swung round to look , and Hilary froze in disbelief . |
| 22 | While he bent over the cot , she watched him with a mischievous look ; after a little , she said she had a curious pain in her chest . |
| 23 | She felt suddenly irritable as she bent over the cot and lifted the child to her breast . |
| 24 | He turned and saw Tock bent over the handle . |
| 25 | He bent over the console , pressing buttons at random . |
| 26 | She let out her pent-up breath in a loud gasp of relief ; then she bent over the handlebars and sent the bike whizzing as fast as she could pedal it across the remaining hundred yards or so of field . |
| 27 | AS Stephen Hendry bent over the table to line up another shot there was more than victory at stake — he was literally taking his life in his hands . |
| 28 | He watched the material of her shell suit strain to the limit as she bent over the coffee table and picked up the tray of cups and saucers . |
| 29 | I tried to keep my eyes off his muscular thighs in their tight blue jeans , but as we bent over the café table it was easy to cast occasional surreptitious glances at his powerfully outlined sexual equipment under the much-rubbed fly , which seemed to be almost bursting at the seams . |
| 30 | Then Holmes bent over the body and began to move it . |