Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] over the " in BNC.

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1 P.C. Clifford , the driver of the car , got her name and address and a statement from her , though it does n't amount to anything more than that she was looking over the bridge and saw the body .
2 She was hanging over the wrought-iron balcony above the gardens , pointing to the pink and white marquees flapping gently in the breeze like grounded hot-air balloons .
3 She was slumped over the steering wheel of her car .
4 When she was hit over the head with a brick and put off work for four months , she came back for more .
5 She had her backstage duties to attend to , and when she was was n't in front of the footlights she was hunched over the book in the prompt corner .
6 I just managed to catch her as she was going over the edge . ’
7 She was bending over the sail locker , and she jerked her head up to stare at him , dropping the lid with a bang , instantly suspicious .
8 She was bending over the dog , rubbing her cheek against its head .
9 ‘ Oh , she was walking over the stones and I wondered if she was cut , but she was n't .
10 She was talking over the details with one of the leaders in Scotland by phone beforehand .
11 Without thinking about it she was climbing over the wall .
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