Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlotte said nothing , but her face lit up with pleasure and she bent her head over the baby so as not to show it . |
| 2 | Hire a small cruiser and slip her coffin over the side in some ocean that might have some special meaning for her ? |
| 3 | The physiotherapist , without shoes , places her feet over the patient 's ankles to stabilize his feet , while her knees hold the outer sides of his lower legs , and her chest supports his seat . |
| 4 | She seemed to have completely forgotten her anger over the dinner party , which was one comfort . |
| 5 | Dear old Martha had much of the milk of human kindness about her ; she had pensioners who shared with her such things as she had : one was a lame robin redbreast , who came and sat on a bush opposite the door till he was fed ; another was a pigeon whose cot was quite a mile away : she too looked for a meal on every visit , and after gathering her crop-full , would wing her flight over the fields and houses home to her cot . |
| 6 | The charged alleged that the girl placed her hand over the baby 's mouth , compressed her nose to the danger of her life , and attempted to murder her . |
| 7 | In other incidents she might simply have placed her hand over the child 's mouth or nose , or interfered with its oxygen supply with ‘ dramatic consequence ’ . |
| 8 | She clapped her hand over the bit he was peering at . |
| 9 | She passed her hand over the surface . |
| 10 | Jennifer held her breath with excitement as the older woman passed her hands over the misty sphere and stared into its centre . |
| 11 | Picking her way over the rough ground and through the hazards , she gained the kitchen entrance . |
| 12 | Monica cupped her hand over the phone . |
| 13 | She touched her cheek wonderingly , cupping her hand over the kiss . |
| 14 | Her mam would say nothing , just sit there white-faced , cupping her hand over the latest bruise , not daring even to blink in case he said she was sleeping in God 's time when all he wanted was to raise his children decent . |
| 15 | No more talk about scattering her ashes over the Mediterranean by moonlight . |
| 16 | Jacqui 's occupation had n't improved it ; she was n't the sort of girl who immediately revolutionized a place and gave it a woman 's touch ; she just spread her belongings over the widest possible area . |
| 17 | The party had become a turning-point in many ways ; now , weeks later , she could look at it with a certain amount of dispassion , view her life over the past few months with a critical eye . |
| 18 | But she won at their game , splitting the party in 1969 to assert her supremacy over the bosses — and she was vindicated when voters gave her a huge majority . |
| 19 | In Stevie 's study she shook her head over the desk with its shattered lock . |
| 20 | She skidded to a halt , threw her leg over the saddle as though dismounting from a charger , and began to harangue Hugh in words he did n't understand . |
| 21 | Robbie had to fight down an impulse to reach out and run her fingers over the dark mat . |
| 22 | He touched her thigh over the sheet , and gave her a smile full of meaning . |
| 23 | She made Maggie kneel down and lean her head over the bathtub , just as she had when Maggie had to have her hair washed as a little child . |
| 24 | Remembering the cup in her pocket , she pressed her hand over the flap to hide it . |
| 25 | Bernice popped her head over the rock . |
| 26 | The school was empty when Miss Fogerty clattered her way over the door-scraper to her classroom . |
| 27 | She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and went over to the window to look down at the courtyard . |
| 28 | Not the most patient young lady in the world , Dolly sat up and swung her legs over the edge of the bed . |
| 29 | She swung her legs over the side of the sofa , which reduced her defiance to mere childishness , alas , since her head began to swim dreadfully , and also caused him to say impatiently — he really ought to meet Mama , at least he would agree with her — ‘ Oh , do be quiet for a moment , madam . |
| 30 | She swung her legs over the bed ; they were long and plump and white with a narrow blue vein running round the back of one of them . |