Example sentences of "she [verb] over the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hopped over the next puddle , then the next . |
| 2 | She likes to cover up the truth like she covers over the naked light . |
| 3 | She clambered over the mossy wall at the bottom of the garden and edged round a shed . |
| 4 | But she was alone when she climbed over the raised cot sides of her bed and crashed to the floor , injuring her head . |
| 5 | Her son has taken her up in his hang-glider ( can you carry two on a hang-glider ? ) , and she recalls her life and loves as she sails over the old family farm and the nearby manganese factory where it all happened . |
| 6 | Why not just ask him ? she wondered as she stepped over the outstretched leg of Polly Inferno , aka Amanda Stern from Lanarkshire , who was using the corridor space for some warmup exercises and somehow , at the same time , studying a book . |
| 7 | But professional training took over , as she stepped over the white skirt and blouse she had discarded on the floor , to get her jeans from the wardrobe , her eyes still refusing to open . |
| 8 | ‘ Goodni — ’ But she stumbled over the final syllable , for suddenly his dark head was leaning towards her and she felt his lips lightly brush against her cheek . |
| 9 | She sprang away from Finn and it was no longer a pretence — she stumbled over the knotted fringe of the rug . |
| 10 | She was aware of faces staring at her as she walked along the paved streets , and she swayed over the uneven surface like a seasick sailor . |
| 11 | The thought had no sooner entered her mind when she tripped over the first slat of the drawbridge and fell to her knees before she could save herself . |
| 12 | PRINCESS Diana yesterday revealed the pangs she feels over the Royal rift … with her beloved Mercedes car . |
| 13 | She looked over the packed hall , from the front seat where sat Group Captain Peasmarsh and his Wing-Commanders , through the different grades , all merged into a dusty blue mass dotted with white blobs . |
| 14 | Venice was unique , unforgettable , breathtaking in all its various moods , Luce thought as she looked over the calm water to the pale marble buildings lining the banks . |
| 15 | She went over the final quarrel with her father again and again , and left her present loves to fend for themselves . |
| 16 | But someone needed her , and as she broke into a run , she went over the differential diagnosis of a faint in her mind . |
| 17 | to keep her company in the house and she went over the other night she said because when the kids are in bed , she 's on her own |
| 18 | She went over the whole experience of first meeting her husband , their courtship and marriage and life together . |
| 19 | She leaned over the lacy cot and put a hand out to smooth the tangled curls . |
| 20 | She leaned over the high nursery fireguard when she unleashed her paltry breasts from the needless support of that new invention , the Kestos brassiere . |
| 21 | A tell-tale phrase came back to her as she ran over the dew-wet marsh grass : The White Girl 's Grave . |
| 22 | As she hurried over the rough track that made a short cut between her aunt 's cottage and the farmhouse where Angela lived , Cheryl 's eye was caught by a splash of colour on the far side of the field . |