Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I came over the brow , there was nothing but a windswept plateau . |
| 2 | After this , I felt a little refreshed but as I came over the hill towards Lochinver , my legs rebelled . |
| 3 | I , too , began to fear for my life as I stooped over the lavatory bowl . |
| 4 | She clung to me , as I bent over the bed . |
| 5 | My only thought as I collapsed over the line was , ‘ never again ’ . |
| 6 | Mrs Lomax did n't exactly shrink back , but she seemed nervous as she glanced over the instruments . |
| 7 | As she stepped over the threshold of Rose Cottage , the smell that met her was not that of her own living space . |
| 8 | But she was smiling as she hung over the cot , gazing with delight at the baby . |
| 9 | He was painfully aware of the proximity of her body as she leant over the desk . |
| 10 | The blue eye looked a little uncertain as she leant over the bed , her face pale with suppressed anger . |
| 11 | The rapture of vision was still on his face as she hunkered over the heater , trying to get the chill out of her fingers . |
| 12 | Most important of all , she thought , as she picked over the problems of his character , as the days went on he seemed to be so much steadier , so much easier in his own skin . |
| 13 | A young kangaroo would stand little chance of staying on board its mother as she bounded over the land if all it had to cling to was a nipple . |
| 14 | Then , as she bent over the stove , heating milk , she said casually , ‘ So , what was Doyle telling you , then ? ’ |
| 15 | Margery 's face was hidden by her hair as she bent over the stove . |
| 16 | As she bent over the intercom the little skirt went peek-a-boo and you could see white pants cupping her buttocks like a bra . |
| 17 | He watched the material of her shell suit strain to the limit as she bent over the coffee table and picked up the tray of cups and saucers . |
| 18 | She felt suddenly irritable as she bent over the cot and lifted the child to her breast . |
| 19 | As we circled over the city the expanse of Lake Baikal was plainly visible some 45 miles away with the Yenisci River stretching from the lake to its tributary on which the old city of Irkutsk was located . |
| 20 | ‘ Sometimes I wonder how he passed his 0-levels , ’ Daddy said as we crawled over the cobbles and out of the village . |
| 21 | ‘ As we neared the helicopter pilot I said ‘ OK , this is where Tim will open the door ’ , and as we passed over the pilot ‘ This is where Derek throws out the dinghy . |
| 22 | As we passed over the Thames we paused to look at a steamer unloading great slabs of white and brown marble . |
| 23 | As we crossed over the road we slapped fiercely with bracken fronds at the itchy swarms . |
| 24 | We got tired , and sunburnt as we ran over the beach stones without shoes . |
| 25 | I tried to keep my eyes off his muscular thighs in their tight blue jeans , but as we bent over the café table it was easy to cast occasional surreptitious glances at his powerfully outlined sexual equipment under the much-rubbed fly , which seemed to be almost bursting at the seams . |
| 26 | As we climbed over the town , Rupert Bear turned to wave a greeting … and the rest of the balloons stretched out across the sky … |
| 27 | ‘ WE MAKE SURE the high ground is safe for the officers before they go in , ’ Officer Terry McIntosh , a helicopter pilot with the Los Angeles Police Department , said as we flew over the city at a few hundred feet . |
| 28 | That was when she 'd wish them luck , as they roared over the village , and she would watch them all until they were silhouetted against the dying sun , small and graceful in an apricot sky . |
| 29 | From trees and undergrowth they fired at the victors again and again , as they swarmed over the wall in twos and threes , then in dozens and scores , and finally in hundreds . |
| 30 | They followed Molly on to the launch , hitching up their skirts as she did as they swung over the side , taking their places beside her , feeling strange and excited and apprehensive . |