Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] over her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hand was clapped roughly over her mouth , and she was almost lifted up by the arms and moved at a run back into the house , where Mrs Prynn was waiting in her nightcap and gown , with the trap door into the cellar open and the key in her hand . |
| 2 | Immediately a hand was placed firmly over her head and turned it to face the front again . |
| 3 | ‘ There were none left , ’ he protested but Mum had moved on and Linda Paterson was grinning all over her face . |
| 4 | Were there times when it was written all over her face ? |
| 5 | The love of doing good , of ministering to the sick was the honey that was spread all over her bread . ’ |
| 6 | She was poised now over her garden and could see the whole of it , laid out like a little world , from her great height . |
| 7 | She was smiling all over her face as they crossed the stream , Betty nimbly discovering the stepping-stones and Lydia getting her feet wet . |