Example sentences of "[v-ing] over his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mocking eyes closed , firm mouth relaxed , black hair tumbling over his high forehead , he appeared younger , exposed , subject to the vulnerability that sleep brought . |
| 3 | Looking over his left shoulder , he raises his arms perpendicular to his sides . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Looming over his huge desk , he took on a frightening aspect . |
| 6 | The pattern of sand on her shoulder glistened and he felt her mouth moving over his upper lip , his nipples , his belly . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She had embraced Simon , patting his face and exclaiming over his bruised eye , and had then flown to Isabel , taking her in her arms and weeping over her enough , so her husband had said , to raise the level of the lake . |
| 11 | The only time that Ray Doyle found his composure slipping was when he made the mistake of glancing over his right shoulder , to where the Foreign Office boys were sitting . |
| 12 | Then , turning clockwise , with the head turning first , followed a split second later by the body , he raises his back ( right ) foot , all the time glancing over his right shoulder to watch his opponent . |
| 13 | Mr Gerlach , the acting head of state , said later he was ‘ not happy ’ about taking over his new role and would not stand as a candidate in the necessary Volkskammer election . |
| 14 | Mr Gerlach , the acting head of state , said later he was ‘ not happy ’ about taking over his new role and would not stand as a candidate in the necessary Volkskammer election . |
| 15 | Mr Gerlach , the acting head of state , said later he was ‘ not happy ’ about taking over his new role and would not stand as a candidate in the necessary Volkskammer election . |
| 16 | And although Bryan Forbes made a stab at backing British filmmakers as head or production for EMI , the company that had taken over ABPC in 1969 , announcing 14 projects within months of taking over his new post , the line-up did not give the impression that he was in touch with any new sources of cinematic excitement . |
| 17 | A one-night stand with a waitress , played by Goldie Hawn , leads to her taking over his empty home . |
| 18 | We had not only the glories of the mist-workings on the sides of Bens Each and Leagach on our right ; we had Ben Lair , which was now and again seen with the deep cloud-shapes falling over his rocky summit and his tree-lined base . |
| 19 | ‘ I said do n't ! ’ she shouted hoarsely , and slapped him around the face with a stinging blow that sent his head jerking back , black hair falling over his tanned forehead . |
| 20 | The other half wants to hang dependent clauses ; like ‘ Americans will tell anything to an Englishman with a camera poking over his right shoulder when they are trapped on a long distance train . ’ |
| 21 | She went scarlet , speechless with rage as she glared at him in the sunlit interior of the car , eyes burning over his hard profile and sexy black leather jacket . |
| 22 | Kirishima is nothing like Dana , but he has that male charisma which makes me want to lie in his arms — I feel safer just gloating over his superb body on the television screen . |