Example sentences of "she [vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lisped over the telephone , ’ Congratulations , daddy , on being elected to the national executing committee of the Labour party ’ . |
| 2 | As I clambered into the boat , moored near her big yacht , Lucy took the bottles of beer and Coca-Cola and put them into an open net bag which she lowered over the side , tying the net with a long rope to a hook on the gunwale . |
| 3 | When she got over the stroke she fell and broke her hand . |
| 4 | ‘ What ? ’ she asked over the top of hers . |
| 5 | This she draped over the line , pinning it with a row of clothes pegs . |
| 6 | She passed over the trays of sapphires , of rubies , of diamonds ; she chose an emerald . |
| 7 | Then , as she bent over the stove , heating milk , she said casually , ‘ So , what was Doyle telling you , then ? ’ |
| 8 | Margery 's face was hidden by her hair as she bent over the stove . |
| 9 | She bent over the bed and thought at first that she was too late . |
| 10 | She bent over the bed . |
| 11 | In the far corner of the churchyard , a woman was tending a grave ; she bent over the stone urn to arrange fresh flowers , then stood quietly with bowed head and folded hands . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She felt suddenly irritable as she bent over the cot and lifted the child to her breast . |
| 15 | She let out her pent-up breath in a loud gasp of relief ; then she bent over the handlebars and sent the bike whizzing as fast as she could pedal it across the remaining hundred yards or so of field . |
| 16 | She bent over the pattern , her strong fingers guiding her scissors . |
| 17 | ‘ Wo , Prentice ! ’ she shouted over the noise . |
| 18 | She peered over the edge of the bedstead and saw a cliff of bedcover stretching endlessly to the stone floor . |
| 19 | Sitting up , she peered over the edge of the hollow alongside Seb . |
| 20 | She peered over the bag of groceries clasped to her bosom and was almost consumed by envy . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | With minimum sound she moved over the carpet towards it . |
| 23 | She presided over the present-opening like an officious timekeeper . |
| 24 | my credulity when she wandered over the Moors and she was at death 's door , and she turned up at her cousins ' |
| 25 | She sailed over the sands and the rocks and out towards the sea , me running , exhilarated , underneath , watching the stuck winch bob under her kicking feet . |
| 26 | Amused by her burgeoning vanity , she dawdled over the unpacking to give Mrs Wallington plenty of unencumbered time with her son . |
| 27 | She clambered over the edge of the dish , rolled together another lumpy ball of squishy food , climbed back out of the dish , rolled the ball across the garden and under the gate , scurried across the footpath to the riverbank , pushed the ball of dog food down the bank and into the drink . |
| 28 | Without a word , she clambered over the rail , rather awkwardly because of the camera dangling from her wrist . |
| 29 | She clambered over the fence . |
| 30 | She clambered over the side of the last truck and crouched down out of sight . |