Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] over the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shiona eyed him challengingly over the bonnet of the car . |
| 2 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 3 | I 've worked with him now over the course of four years , I know him backwards . |
| 4 | Naturally he wanted a top man to carry his bag , a man who knew St Andrews like the back of his hand — someone young and capable of clubbing him perfectly over the home of golf 's fickle links , no matter what the weather . |
| 5 | He looked up into her wide blue eyes which were scrutinising him intently over the mug of tea which she was holding with two hands . |
| 6 | He lifted his close-shaven muzzle and looked at her hard over the monitor of his reader . |
| 7 | ‘ No reason , ’ he said easily as he sipped his tea , his eyes watching her steadily over the rim of the mug . |
| 8 | Guido took a mouthful of his whisky , his eyes scanning her amusedly over the top of his glass . |
| 9 | He is conscious of Marjorie 's watery blue eyes scanning him speculatively over the rim of her teacup , inviting further discussion of Sandra , but he ca n't face it , not this morning , not with a day 's work ahead of him . |
| 10 | I guess he thought it safer to ask me there over the noise of the engine and in the babble of conversation than in some quiet spot alone , where we might be bugged . |
| 11 | Perhaps it was her own pride reawakening after all these weeks which prompted her to defy Luke 's distaste , albeit only after she was sure he was asleep , moving up close to his back again , lifting an arm and curving it loosely over the side of his body . |
| 12 | They went to Waldegrave 's chamber and smeared it all over the tunic of our comatose priest . |
| 13 | He had turned to look at her , slipping off his coat as he did so and tossing it carelessly over the back of one of the armchairs . |
| 14 | ‘ We found a few , ’ he told her , answering her question about the mussels , pulling off his jacket as he did so and draping it carelessly over the back of the chair . |
| 15 | Hauser was talking again after removing his jacket , placing it carefully over the back of his chair . |
| 16 | She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils . |
| 17 | From behind her check-out till , Mrs Patel looked at us curiously over the top of her blue-framed spectacles . |