Example sentences of "that [verb] over her " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid the palm of his hand across Elisabeth 's forehead and pressed back the curls that tumbled over her brow . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you really want to go into that now ? ’ he challenged her softly , his ironic gaze returning briefly to her party face and the shiny , streaky curls that tumbled over her brow and about her neck , just skimming her bare shoulders . |
| 3 | He tousled her hair that tumbled over her shoulders in a wild , bright mane of warmest auburn . |
| 4 | Then to each of the heavily loaded bombers that roared over her head Jane had whispered , ‘ Good luck . |
| 5 | And when he too sat down again , he was that much nearer — this time as though not meaning to miss any nuance of an expression that came over her face . |
| 6 | It was the idea of falling into a sea of brains that turned over her insides . |
| 7 | Her hair was done in pig-tails that hung over her shoulders and were tied at the bottom with satin ribbon . |
| 8 | Then , slowly , she reached for her brush from the dresser , and began to slide it through the unruly tangle of her hair , taming the fly-away curls until they settled into a softly gleaming curtain that fell over her shoulders . |
| 9 | Gingerly Charles raised the sheet that lay over her thighs . |
| 10 | That look that comes over her face when you start probing . |
| 11 | Either through work which involves training the imagination ( in the sense of being an ‘ image-making ’ faculty ) or spontaneously , a woman may have an intimation of a female guide , a feminine presence that watches over her life . |
| 12 | All the way home , she practised the words she would speak to Craig Grenfell , she must tell him to leave , to find another place to stay but the feeling of emptiness that swept over her whenever she thought of saying goodbye to him brought tears brimming to her eyes . |