Example sentences of "hand [adv] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving and development was well in hand all over the mining leasehold and matters should have appeared promising to both the Adventurers and the income of the estate . |
| 2 | I heard him say à bientôt to him , and saw him run his hand gently over the man 's arm . |
| 3 | To remove pet hair from soft furnishings and clothing , Mrs. L. Roy of East Sussex suggests putting on a dry rubber glove and rubbing your hand downwards over the fabric . |
| 4 | She ran her hand lovingly over the fabric , kicked off her shoes and exposed a length of leg . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There was a marble fireplace opposite the door ; she walked slowly to it and ran her hand lightly over the back of one of the small , velvet-covered sofas that flanked it . |
| 7 | She ran her right hand lightly over the rest of her body . |
| 8 | She placed her hand lightly over the rose , her eyes meeting his with an answering depth of emotion . |