Example sentences of "his [noun pl] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He avoided Alexei 's eyes , and ran his fingers over the grain of the layers of wood and horn which were compressed between the clamps . |
| 2 | Howard moves his fingers over the smoothness of the smooth facets , the complex texture of the hatched ones , scarcely able to absorb the pleasure that their alternation gives him . |
| 3 | After a cup of cocoa Willie brushed his teeth over an aluminium bowl and then dashed out into the garden to the little wooden outhouse , wearing his mackintosh and a new pair of gumboots while Tom sheltered him with an umbrella . |
| 4 | Perhaps one should note the care with which the present leader of the party , John Hume , chooses his words over the future of the North . |
| 5 | The boatman tucked up the skirts of his galabeah , hooked his knees over the gunwale and leaned far back over the side . |
| 6 | He dangled his legs over the edge and let his body dry . |
| 7 | Dominic , and swung his legs over the side of the bed . |
| 8 | Holly jack-knifed his legs over the side of the bunk , swung himself down to the floor , dropped his feet beside Adimov 's bunk . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm doing you an injustice , ’ he said , swinging his legs over the side of the bed , his back to her . |
| 10 | He swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood up abruptly , reaching for his clothes . |
| 11 | He sits up , his legs over the side of the bed , his back to her . |
| 12 | Steve flopped back on to the sofa , his legs over the arm , cradling the glass of champagne in two hands . |
| 13 | Stacey found her father , a 47-year old roofing worker , slouched in an armchair with his legs over the arm . |
| 14 | He ran his eyes over the figures seated at the tables outside the pavement café and a twinge of fear ran through him . |
| 15 | They 've even invited Michael Heseltine , care of Spitting Image , to cast his eyes over the exhibition . |
| 16 | Once he stood , a cooking pan in one hand , with tears in his eyes over the sadness of Byron 's life . |
| 17 | A crank in the 1960s , his worries over the wholesomeness of water would put him in much better company today . |
| 18 | I could n't agree more with those who 've been praising Newsome for his performances over the Christmas games . |
| 19 | Councillor Rosie also voiced his concerns over the treatment of the W family , eight members of which had been held in care since November 1990 , at enormous cost to Orkney . |
| 20 | Those things she knew about Gus Hambro which did not fit into this picture , such as his manipulations over the room at the inn , she did not care to mention to anyone until she herself understood them better . |
| 21 | Rattle his bones over the stones : |
| 22 | Robinson yawned and swung his feet over the side of the bunk . |
| 23 | A bespectacled man with stand-up hair , who has taken his shoes off and hung his feet over the arm of the chair . |
| 24 | There is a problem that way , as he can not take his dogs over the border . |
| 25 | With his mother dead and his divorced wife living in Majorca , there is a side of Graeme Souness that the tabloids never acknowledge , a more solitary side of his life , walking his dogs over the hillsides near Edinburgh , wrapped up in football , obsessed with success and a wealthy victim of Scotland 's passion for football . |
| 26 | Sir Adrian cites the example of the army commander who leads his troops over the top of the trenches when it might have been more prudent to stay put . |
| 27 | Fuchida led his formations over the harbour again and again ; the Oklahoma was ripped apart when seven torpedoes hit her . |
| 28 | In it he described a succession of his dreams over a period of thirty years , which seemed to show glimpses of the future , and provided a theory of time to account for them . |
| 29 | The Chairman welcomes Mr Pugh and thanks Mr Taylor for his efforts over the years past . |
| 30 | I was fortunate to be able to include in addition to my own account a lecture by the former Lord Justice Devlin in which he took the fourth Appeal Court severely to task for the illogicality of its reasoning and for usurping the functions of the jury , and a chapter by Bryan Magee about his efforts over the years to try to persuade the Home Office to reopen Cooper 's case . |