Example sentences of "[v-ing] over [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She left him , having found out what she wanted to know , and took her own bus home , mulling over her good idea . |
| 2 | Alison Walker lay pale-faced and tearful , one hand instinctively resting over her swollen abdomen as if to protect the child within . |
| 3 | The photographer and author , Daniel Farson , recollects Minton surrounded by sailors and fussing over his latest infatuation as if he were a chorus girl , whilst simultaneously complaining , ‘ I 'm only liked because I 'm rich . |
| 4 | The sight in the crowded courtroom of Evalina Marmon weeping over her murdered child incensed them and the evidence of the other witnesses , sensationalised by the media , worked up public hysteria . |
| 5 | I can imagine what he 'll think if you ring him up and say you 've found me weeping over my special patient ! |
| 6 | Kneeling over her lower body , his belly hanging on to her knees , he began gently to cut off her panties . |
| 7 | For , ever since , he had been turning the name over and over in his mind , puzzling over its slight familiarity . |
| 8 | Our picture shows the Hunterston team puzzling over their next move at one of the checkpoints . |
| 9 | Mocking eyes closed , firm mouth relaxed , black hair tumbling over his high forehead , he appeared younger , exposed , subject to the vulnerability that sleep brought . |
| 10 | ‘ We were saying , ’ said Enid , without looking over her hefty lurex shoulder , ‘ that Ricky France-Lynch 's personality stopped him getting to the top . ’ |
| 11 | At first she tried not to stare at him , knowing how the feeling of someone looking over her own shoulder made her clumsy , but soon it became clear that he was no longer aware of her at all . |
| 12 | Looking over his left shoulder , he raises his arms perpendicular to his sides . |
| 13 | His mouth feathered hers with the softness of thistledown and then , incredibly , as her lips would have clung , he moved away from her , and it was like the sting of rejection , the icy dash of water cascading over her heated flesh . |
| 14 | What would they feel like gliding over her bare skin ? |
| 15 | ‘ You know , ’ ruminates Shaun Ryder , frowning over his fifth pint , after a night of stilted soul-searching , six months of silence and a whole heap of rumours , ‘ it surprises me that people ever expected anything more from us . |
| 16 | Meticulously , she sucked him dry , and stood up to open her mouth for him to see his seed swimming over her pink tongue and gums . |
| 17 | Looming over his huge desk , he took on a frightening aspect . |
| 18 | The stream was in full spate , rushing over its stony bed with such force as to make the way across the stepping-stones hazardous for George and Bob . |
| 19 | Pouring over its latest simulation runs , Sun is confident it has broken the back of the technical problem . |
| 20 | She halted halfway across the carpet , and was aware of his sharp glance going over her bespectacled face and shapeless suit . |
| 21 | Alain continued to look down at her , his eyes moving over her upturned face , and then he stood abruptly and motioned to the door . |
| 22 | The pattern of sand on her shoulder glistened and he felt her mouth moving over his upper lip , his nipples , his belly . |
| 23 | He deposited her case at the front door then strode back to his car , and she watched him go with hatred , her eyes moving over his powerful body , so lean , so tall , so impeccably dressed . |
| 24 | But she could n't resist studying fitzAlan as he secured his pack , her eyes moving over his fair head , the strong planes of his face , the hard line of his mouth . |
| 25 | Two ducks were flying over their favourite pond when they heard the sound of a hunter 's gun and turned tail to flee . |
| 26 | A red man alone in the midst of his enemies , helmetless , red hair flying over his red plaid , mouth red as if from drinking the blood that flowed from wounds on his cheek , his hip and his right elbow , airy as a dancer , careless and crazy with excitement , yelling , singing , laughing and cheering , Lachlan was fighting six men together and winning . |
| 27 | She spread her legs a little wider , as his mouth feasted upon her from arsehole to clitoris , slobbering over her saturated crotch . |
| 28 | Franca did not attempt to wipe away the tears , she let them roll down and drip onto the front of the apron which she was wearing over her brown dress . |
| 29 | Small kisses , so sweet and conciliatory , running over her upper lip , across her face , down her throat . |
| 30 | Their lyrical sentiments are perfectly sane , though , such as running over our beloved PM in an ambulance . |