Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [noun sg] over [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too full to speak , Paige slid her arm about his waist and let the hovering waves of sleep drift over her . |
| 2 | He stood looking down at her and Maggie felt waves of anxiety wash over her . |
| 3 | Sarella felt a wave of nausea sweep over her . |
| 4 | Cursing himself for sounding so patronizing , Harry felt a wave of pity wash over him . |
| 5 | As Michael slipped on his overcoat Joe felt a wave of loneliness wash over him . |
| 6 | She peered out into the moonlit garden and felt a wave of desperation sweep over her . |
| 7 | She cried harder , feeling a wave of sickness wash over her . |
| 8 | There 's this sort of metal gate over it — you know , made of wire . |
| 9 | She felt a sort of desolation sweep over her , together with something like pity for Wheeler . |
| 10 | The company , which ran into big trouble after a couple of customers failed to complete big orders as expected — when the orders had already been booked as sales in the figures , says it is unlikely to be acquired because of a Sword of Damocles hanging over it in the form of outstanding class-action law suits . |