Example sentences of "his [noun] [adv] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | John , one of the PPLs at our flying club , had made a beautiful job of building his little Jodel and I had followed his progress closely over the several years it had taken him to complete it . |
| 2 | Almost she rose through the strata of realities to wakefulness , but then her lover glided his fingers gently over the curve of her jaw to mine pleasure from her throat . |
| 3 | He ran his fingers lightly over the soft fabric , exploring the contours of her breasts … |
| 4 | It 's him on the white horse dropping his money all over the place , and those fellas with the funny bloomers following him . |
| 5 | Chadwick arrives , breezing into the bar , looking well and happy , with a big grin and his hair all over the place . |
| 6 | As he trotted his horse forward over the intervening space Lieutenant Stapleton noticed two giant white faces smiling at him with understanding and compassion . |
| 7 | He would be able to stretch his legs out over the end . |
| 8 | He moved away from her and swung his legs back over the side of the bed . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing too personal , I suppose , but he was throwing his weight about over the steps at the old people 's place . ’ |
| 10 | Henry cast his mind back over the evening . |
| 11 | The transmission faded and he frowned , casting his mind back over the conversation . |
| 12 | The constant flow of visitors to his annual exhibitions in Ambleside and Keswick must have been responsible for carrying his work all over the country . |
| 13 | A benign observer of the event , sitting in among the press and nursing his hangover , would have cast his eye unenthusiastically over the massed ranks of what Sir Peregrine Worsthorne had once described in Mrs Thatcher 's golden days as ‘ the most successful political party in the world ’ : ‘ Essex Man ’ and ‘ Wessex Woman ’ , stockjobbers , garage-owners and a scattering of country women in lavender tweeds . |
| 14 | He cast his eye expertly over the bandage on Charles ' arm . |
| 15 | Graeme 's other option is to move his back foot back and across towards the off stump , but at the same time keeping his head forward over the perpendicular with the front knee . |
| 16 | The way he stood , I remarked to the Reverend Feather , the way he bowed his head down over the loss of your mother , Stephen . |
| 17 | Inspector Blakelock half turned away from her and bent his head conspiratorially over the mouthpiece as if listening to a confidence . |
| 18 | Jonna hesitated and took a sip of his tea , regarding his father warily over the rim of the mug . |
| 19 | He did not move , but his hand sought hers and he brought the soft fingers to his lips , mouthing them gently , one by one , turning her palm up to press a kiss inside it , passing his tongue lightly over the pink tips , so passive in his grasp . |
| 20 | It was , for all that , quite a struggle for Ballesteros before he at last got his game together over the closing holes for a halfway total of 143 , two ahead of Olazabal , who was one over par for the 36 holes . |
| 21 | I heard him say à bientôt to him , and saw him run his hand gently over the man 's arm . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Leaving his fingerprints all over the place , thought Melissa . |
| 24 | ‘ There 's the little matter of his fingerprints all over the flat ’ |
| 25 | He wound his way back over the leaf-strewn grass like a toy duck . |
| 26 | Leishman found an inch of space on the edge of the area and chipped his volley delightfully over the advancing ‘ keeper . |
| 27 | She had unwittingly touched a nerve , sending his memory back over the years , to when he was a young man . |
| 28 | He touched her arm and then her cheek , running his thumb gently over the fading bruises . |
| 29 | ‘ George strips the wallpaper , takes the covers off books and spreads his hay all over the floor in one of our rooms , ’ said Mrs Stallard . |