Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] her [noun sg] over the " in BNC.

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1 She flings the dregs of her champagne over the balcony railing .
2 His granddaughter , Jessie Mould , has been keenly interested in the movements of her family over the generations and after she had discovered that her seventeenth-century ancestors were mentioned in Richard Gough 's History of Myddle ( 1701–2 ) she published More Tales of Banks Peninsula and wrote in her foreword :
3 There would of course have been no story if the author had not given Ayesha enough of human frailty and caprice to bring about certain changes in the circumstances of her rule over the cannibalistic Amahaggar and her relations with Leo Vincey .
4 With a growled exclamation against her lips he tightened one hand in the silky blonde strands , and slid the other down to trace lightly the hollow at the base of her throat , then lower to skim the striped silk of her blouse over the swell of her breasts , an expert , fleeting exploration which drew a gasp of reaction from her yet left her taut and shivering in frustrated anger …
5 Gail , 25 , who slept with her gold medal round her neck over the weekend , said : ‘ I 've got to admit that I 've been back and forth through hell on the way to Barcelona . ’
6 Mr Justice Ian Kennedy said he wanted to know about arrangements for her supervision over the next two years .
7 Was she hearing , in the gentle wind , eddying along the purpling coastline , the ghost lamentations of the thousands of sgitheanachs that had ended up against their will in her country over the Big Water ?
8 However , there had been some deterioration in her mood over the previous 2 days .
9 Assertion of her supremacy over the other members of the politburo was an essential step to confirming her position as heir-apparent .
10 ‘ But this also raises some doubt over her control over the department in that a highly contentious initiative like this can apparently proceed without her knowing anything about it . ’
11 Whatever the verdict on her previous achievements , the decline in her performance over the past 15 years has been marked and far-reaching .
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