Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun] [adv] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After seeing Mr Stephens disappear around the corner , she examined the small room minutely , the books on the shelf — reading out all their titles aloud — the three prints on the wall , " The Education of the Young Raleigh " , " Derwentwater at Dawn " and " The Drunkard 's Children " — drew her boots appreciatively over the mat , picked up the jug of pencils and finally came to the oven which was next to the sink . |
| 2 | THE expression is solemn , the lines of age etched deeper by the traumas which have torn her family apart over the past year . |
| 3 | So she was surprised , and vaguely annoyed , to see Sandra Bamfield picking her way cautiously over the large rocks that had to be scaled to get to the privacy of this particular beach . |
| 4 | Alexandra sat in front of her mirror in her new cream silk gown while Lyddy folded her hair carefully over the pads . |
| 5 | Then Carrie jumped aside as a passing bus threw up some slush from the gutter , and as she brushed her hands down over the bottom of her coat , she said , ‘ You 'd think they did it on purpose , ’ and as he went to assist her she stayed his hands , saying , ‘ It 'll only make it worse . |
| 6 | ‘ She was a lively piece , from what I hear — flying her kite all over the place . |
| 7 | There was one girl there today , she was about fifteen or seventeen and she had to put her coat on over the top of the gown because it was |
| 8 | She placed her hand lightly over the rose , her eyes meeting his with an answering depth of emotion . |
| 9 | Helen whispered , running her fingers reverently over the brilliants in Alexandra 's bracelet . |
| 10 | Running her mind quickly over the events of the week just passed , she could n't think of anything she had done wrong , and Tom Russell was not the kind of doctor who made mountains out of molehills where nursing procedure was concerned . |
| 11 | Jessamy slowly walked forward and rubbed her hand gently over the rough surface of the nearest stone . |
| 12 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
| 13 | Linda put her hand impulsively over the other woman 's gnarled old one . |
| 14 | She ran her fingers slowly over the stubbly , woven texture of a wall-hanging , part woven , part collage . |
| 15 | She ran her fingers gently over the manila surface and felt the outline of something small and cold inside . |
| 16 | She reached up , feeling him flinch as she ran her finger lightly over the chiselled perfection of his upper lip to wipe away an imaginary trace of lipstick . |
| 17 | She ran her hand lovingly over the fabric , kicked off her shoes and exposed a length of leg . |
| 18 | There was a marble fireplace opposite the door ; she walked slowly to it and ran her hand lightly over the back of one of the small , velvet-covered sofas that flanked it . |
| 19 | He was being annoying on purpose , she fumed , but , aware that this man easily had her emotions all over the place , she again strove for calm . |
| 20 | Her body arched pleadingly beneath him as she reached up , trailing her lips slowly over the now moist , tanned skin of his powerful chest , with its covering of rough dark hair tapering to a point on his flat stomach . |
| 21 | She spread her hands secretively over the page . |
| 22 | Isabel picked her way carefully over the rough bank , the cramped muscles in her legs protesting at the exercise , and took the reins . |
| 23 | Although the moon was riding high in the sky , and shedding a rather weird , eerie glow on the flowering shrubs and various trees edging the green lawn , she was surprised at how much more calm and at ease she felt in the soft , enveloping darkness as she picked her way carefully over the sand . |