Example sentences of "[vb pp] her [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to have completely forgotten her anger over the dinner party , which was one comfort . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | He stopped as the phone rang again , Monica answered it , and again cupped her hand over the phone . |
| 5 | Pascoe guessed that she must have put her hand over the mouthpiece . |
| 6 | She must , thought Morse , have put her hand over the mouthpiece , or perhaps Downes himself had been waiting silently ( for some reason ? ) beside the phone , for there was no audible summons before a man 's voice sounded in his ear . |
| 7 | But the tribunal chairman , David Latham , ruled that Ruth Taylor , 50 , of Scarborough , North Yorkshire , had not lost her job over the issue of Sunday working . |