Example sentences of "[verb] over her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had come over her child ? |
| 2 | Whatever it was that had come over her family today , Nicandra could not guess at . |
| 3 | In a separate case , jobless waitress Lisa Chapman was fined over her pet rat Ziggy and afterwards the RSPCA defended its actions in bringing the case and running up a £600 bill . |
| 4 | She was startled out of her wits by the clanging of a loud bell being rung over her head , and then some body shouting in the dormitory : ‘ Up ! |
| 5 | She lived in a dream of love from the moment that he had bowed over her hand when she had been introduced to him by Daisy Warwick at Warwick Castle , and murmured , ‘ Not an American Princess , surely , but a true one , ’ and later that evening , dancing with her for the third time , he had said into her ear , ‘ And can a princess stoop to a mere marquess ? ’ |
| 6 | Tiny , polished black pollen beetles crawled over her hand : she had become part of their landscape . |
| 7 | Mellissa had been discovered slumped over her workstation , leaking viscous fluid and very clearly lifeless . |
| 8 | Then she sipped brandy and hunched over her glass as if it were a fire . |
| 9 | Her make up was smeared over her face and her hair was a mass of tangles . |
| 10 | As they were walking into the square , David did venture to ask whether Julia had yet got over her aversion to St Mark 's itself . |
| 11 | Mm , have to remember that in future Do you mean she 's got over her illness then ? |
| 12 | If — and it was a megalithic if , but I supposed we should consider every possible option now we were at it — if , in some weird way the Ghost and her voice really did exist , then as soon as she 'd got over her disappointment , she would have to admit she 'd been defeated fair and square , and would just have to honour the deal and flit off back to heaven or wherever it was she lived now . |
| 13 | Before she could utter the cry of alarm which rose in her throat his hand had closed over her mouth , and Paige 's startled eyes blinked at him over the top . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've only got two hands , and you — ’ A strange hissing sound made her look over her shoulder . |
| 15 | She had a scarf tied over her head and was evidently going into the village to shop . |
| 16 | His wife was slammed against a wall , sexually threatened and ordered to stand with her arms raised over her head until she collapsed . |
| 17 | Suddenly question marks hung over her head . |
| 18 | The bronze strands hung over her arm like a curtain , a silken backdrop for her delicate features . |
| 19 | She disappeared through a door that George had not noticed before and called over her shoulder , ‘ Take your coat off and get comfy . ’ |
| 20 | Robyn stretched her arms high above her head , releasing some of the tension in her aching shoulders from being hunched over her drawing-board for so long . |
| 21 | Instinctively her arms crossed over her chest . |
| 22 | Emmie was standing on the beach , hands crossed over her breast . |
| 23 | With her arms crossed over her breast , she rocked to and fro , while long , shuddering sobs twisted her face . |
| 24 | Even her very first day was spent bent over her desk , scribbling and sketching furiously . |
| 25 | Rose remains bent over her letter , Phil over Jeremiah . |
| 26 | I mean who wants to get a paper and see on the front of the paper a girl or or Lady Diana crying over her father . |
| 27 | It would have been inconsiderate , and the possibility was not discussed , although Groa , moving from hall to hall with her husband , took the chance to pack a few extra boxes with thick clothes and blankets , and spent a little time during her last call at Orphir studying the crucifix Bishop Jon had pinned over her bed and wondering whether or not it would be Christian to pray for a wind . |
| 28 | Jessamy felt the touch of his lips again and shivered deeply , as if someone had just walked over her grave . |
| 29 | Then she shivered , as though someone had walked over her grave . |
| 30 | She was still positioned over the table , and could feel the full weight of his body stretched over her back . |