Example sentences of "over [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The masks , however , were specially constructed — made from heavy-duty , vulcanised rubber and fitted by stretching them over the actors ' heads so that they clamped underneath the nose and at the back of the crown . |
| 2 | But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off . |
| 3 | Mr Dennis said the man put his hand over the girl 's face and mouth and threatened to throw her in a river if she screamed . |
| 4 | She was more bothered than ever , for Timothy 's eyes had a dreamy look which she 'd never seen in them before , and he 'd lingered over the girl 's name whenever he had used it . |
| 5 | Odd that he had n't noticed how long the fingers were or with what apparent gentleness they had taped the plastic bags over the girl 's hand to preserve , as he had tonelessly explained , conscientious in his role of instructor , any evidence under the fingernails . |
| 6 | His glance travelled over the girl 's face and the visible parts of her upper body , and with another pang of compassion he saw that she was woefully thin . |
| 7 | Oh wha , what , what time are you over the girl 's house ? |
| 8 | Athletics Australia kept his identity secret and delayed taking action because of uncertainty over the drug 's status . |
| 9 | CAR dealers were on a collision course over the Chancellor 's drive to keep the motoring industry on the road to recovery . |
| 10 | A familiar voice came over the suit 's comm-system . |
| 11 | A boy dangled a paper lantern over the dancers ' heads , a globe of pleated paper with a lit candle inside , bobbing at the end of a pole , a second moon . |
| 12 | If an owl swoops down on the kangaroo rat , the kangaroo rat is alerted by the sound of wind passing over the bird 's wings and can evade the grasping talons . |
| 13 | Concern over the wholesalers ' order profiles , however , had been put on the company 's agenda some six months ago . |
| 14 | Frustration over the PLA 's victory and the serious economic situation led to anti-communist rioting and general strikes causing the government to resign on June 4 when it was replaced by a coalition " government of national stability " . |
| 15 | The ECSC treaty created the High Authority as an executive institution , with control over the members ' coal and steel industries which would pursue common policies on prices , working conditions and the like . |
| 16 | He shone his lamp over the desk 's surface , picking out four objects . |
| 17 | Over the man 's shoulder Philip saw Lee come downstairs . |
| 18 | Kirov dropped to his knees , gingerly placing his ear over the man 's heart . |
| 19 | A condom ( rubber , sheath , johnnie , French letter ) is a thin rubber sheath which fits over the man 's penis so that semen does not penetrate the woman 's vagina or anus during penetrative sex . |
| 20 | I heard him say à bientôt to him , and saw him run his hand gently over the man 's arm . |
| 21 | Sylvia watched , mesmerised , as Estelle peed over the man 's face and into his open mouth . |
| 22 | Ward opened up the paper to reveal two tiny clay figures interlocked , the woman with her head bent over the man 's huge phallic erection . |
| 23 | Rincewind 's hands clapped over the man 's mouth . |
| 24 | When his eye travelled casually over the man 's shoulder , the reason became clear . |
| 25 | He fired a shot over the man 's head . |
| 26 | Erm , I just think that over the generations er ma a er perhaps we 're forgetting that in the seventies , for instance , er well , cannabis was a at that time a popular , a popular thing , but you also had ecstasy is n't either the main thing in the in the papers |
| 27 | Jack ran a stethescope over the boy 's chest and pressed his lips together . |
| 28 | The grain was too complex and cross for him , the blade stuck , and in the same instant Isambard stretched both arms over the boy 's shoulders and seized his hands , forcing them apart and wringing them until he twisted with pain and let go both the knife and the wood . |
| 29 | Protest meetings had been held throughout Romania in July over the authorities ' refusal to release Munteanu and others detained since the violence in Bucharest on June 13-15 . |
| 30 | The decision came against a background of growing public anxiety over the capital 's air pollution levels , which had reached nearly four times the recommended limits as set by the World Health Organization . |