Example sentences of "bend over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearing the noise he was not surprised to find Tock bent over a bag of tools . |
| 2 | Sunday lunchtime found Joseph Shill bent over a table at the King 's Head at Egham . |
| 3 | Now , bent over a box , she nearly choked at this reference to her daughters ' poverty . |
| 4 | Here , taking a milk measure from a marble slab , she bent over a big brown earthenware jar , took off the wooden lid , dipped in the measure and scooped up some clean water , which she handed to the child , saying , ‘ Drink that . ’ |
| 5 | When the Headmaster wanted a little exercise , you bent over a chair and got six — twelve with a cane on the backside ; if you were hit just below the buttocks on the legs , it hurt more . |
| 6 | A man with his back to her bent over a large table covered with papers , his silver hair catching the light from an overhead lamp . |
| 7 | There were a dozen mourners from the family in the front pews — women with grey curls and mild glasses , an old man bent over a stick , his head projecting forwards from the unoccupied collar of his overcoat like a tortoise 's ; a schoolboy in a neat navy-blue trenchcoat , holding a maroon cap . |
| 8 | Dexter bent over a withered fern on the window sill and plucked off some desiccated fronds . |
| 9 | The place was empty , but for a cloak-shrouded figure bent over a rosary to the right of the door , and a man sitting alone in the front row . |
| 10 | ‘ Haw — ha — ha — ’ he gasped , putting one hand on another pump to steady himself as he bent over a little and looked at his feet , the other hand on a knee , his chest heaving . |
| 11 | If anyone had seen me bent over a motorbike with my ear pressed to the back of a Transit van outside the Barbican that morning , probably nobody would have looked twice . |
| 12 | Buster bent over a table , on trestles ( airman 's six-foot , for the use of ) , and received his punishment from a great monster as we thought at the time , a flight sergeant RAF policeman with a cane . |
| 13 | In the first incident McConville , of Lurgan Road , Aghagallon , rubbed his hands up and down her sides as she bent over a dishwasher in the kitchen . |
| 14 | When the ball is below my feet , I bend over a little more . |
| 15 | One is doing something with a Mouli not recommended by Prue Leith 's School of Food and Wine diploma course ; another is bending over a table ; a third is spitting on to his palms . |
| 16 | When bending over a desk the top of the head is often presented ; therefore , the hair must always be clean and free of dandruff , and not trailing over the paperwork . |
| 17 | She saw two figures bending over a patch towards the back ; not far from the pit she and Pat and Jim had dug , though a big hedge stood between . |
| 18 | She was bending over a basket of freshly picked marrow flowers , arranging them to her satisfaction . |
| 19 | In the rear of their hut his wife was bending over a bowl of water , naked to the waist , washing herself , and she snatched up a towel to cover her bare breasts when she heard Loc hiss a sudden warning . |
| 20 | ‘ After bending over a horse or a job on the anvil till all your body ached you were glad of any bit of fun for a couple o' minutes to take your mind off the job . |