Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But her fingers ran over the strong column of his neck , tangled in the dark silkiness of her hair at his nape , then he was drawing her soft , pliant curves closer until their bodies merged in a powerful force of energy that was frightening , all-consuming in its intensity . |
| 2 | Her fingers danced over the keyboard , uncertain at first , then more sure . |
| 3 | They were full of movement , the maids , but the strange girl was as still as a hunting cat , her fingers closed over the cheap pin and her eyes open now . |
| 4 | Her fingers closed over the handle , the half-raised posture of her body shielding the movement from de Raimes . |
| 5 | Her eyes slipped across and down to glimpse any words not covered by her fingers spread over the top page : ‘ hours ’ , ‘ be with you ’ , ‘ your name ’ , ‘ love ’ , ‘ last night ’ . |
| 6 | Her fingers glided over the frilled edges of daisy-shaped buttons . |
| 7 | Her eyes ran over the company for a moment , and then she turned away to go inside again . |
| 8 | Walking slowly , she allowed her eyes to roam over the seated lunchers , hoping to catch sight of Suzie 's dark curls , but although once or twice her heart leapt to her mouth in anticipation of discovery she was finally forced to admit defeat . |
| 9 | Her eyes moved over the room too . |
| 10 | ’ Her eyes flicked over the Louis XIV furniture of the formal salon . |
| 11 | Her eyes swept over the audience as far as she could see beyond the footlights . |
| 12 | Then , as her eyes swept over the crowd clustered round the stage , she did a double-take , spotting one figure much larger and more powerful than the rest . |
| 13 | She paused to give her words maximum effect and let her eyes flit over the assembly . |
| 14 | Rory sighed heavily as she let her eyes roam over the sparsely populated dance floor . |
| 15 | Her eyes roamed over the chattering women , all fawning over him , tossing their heads , slanting their eyes at him and laughing prettily . |
| 16 | Katherine gazed into the fire , the leaping flames , let her eyes play over the fine marble hearth , the painting by George Grosz above it , with its hectic planes , its lurid faces , a satirist 's black view of life in the metropolis . |
| 17 | She did as she was ordered , and lay flat on the table with her legs dangling over the end . |
| 18 | She thrust back the bright patchwork quilt and levered herself to a sitting position , her feet dangling over the edge of the bed . |
| 19 | Betty Gilling was at the cottage door , her white hair knotted prettily on top of her head and her arms folded over the mound of her stomach where her eighth child was curled , almost ready to be born . |
| 20 | She let her hands rove over the hard , smooth muscles with their central sprinkling of rough dark hairs , and as she breathed in she could smell the clean male scent of him . |
| 21 | Her eyebrows met over the bridge of her nose . |
| 22 | He spotted her clothes hanging over the bottom rail of the iron bedstead . |