Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless she agreed to the luxury of a lie-in the following Sunday morning , even allowing her sister to fuss over her a little . |
| 2 | But I took the insole out put her foot on the insole and her foot goes over the top of it . |
| 3 | Fand lay on it , her hair spread over the dark wood . |
| 4 | Two days later Charlie woke up in a hospital tent , some three hundred yards behind the line , to find a young girl in a dark blue uniform with a royal crest above her heart hovering over him . |
| 5 | A battered pewter cup stood on the table and , at the other end , in a chair facing an ash-filled fire grate , sat a lady , head forward , shoulders hunched , her veil fallen over her face . |
| 6 | Two of Lucy 's school-mates , dressed in palest apricot , were bridesmaids , and when the bridal car arrived they were waiting in the entrance porch to make sure her veil cascaded over the gown of pearl-trimmed white lace . |
| 7 | Her mind stumbled over the new/old certainly that the garden-master she had loved was indeed a puppet . |
| 8 | She let her mind run over the events of yesterday . |
| 9 | There was a ragged pause , not a movement as the last of her underwear floated over the side of the bed . |
| 10 | Whatever the reason , the gloom which her defeat threw over the racing scene was genuine . |
| 11 | Her glance slid over the cube she held , seeing it as an object , a thing she met with every day . |
| 12 | All the time she was conscious of his eyes on her lips , her teeth , the way her mouth closed over the small cake , touching the tips of his fingers as it did so . |
| 13 | ‘ They were n't wrong , those girls , ’ thought Marie as she listened to Bella clashing the crockery in the kitchen , her walking-frame squeaking over the lino as she pushed it about . |
| 14 | Her gaze skimmed over the fishing rods and tackle that were stored neatly against the side wall , and kept in place by a solid retaining bar . |
| 15 | In the semi-darkness she studied his profile , letting her gaze wander over the hard-boned features , absorbing the line of his jaw , wondering what was going on inside his head . |
| 16 | ‘ This is a good pub , ’ she said , hastily , obviously aware of having trespassed , her gaze passing over the heavy plush seating and lighting on one of the barmen who was openly resting his eyes on her as he polished glasses . |
| 17 | She surveyed his long-limbed body with an attempt at cool detachment , her gaze flickering over the dark denims that moulded his strong thighs , and the jade sweater that clung to his hard male chest . |
| 18 | Her gaze flicked over Riven cursorily , and he stiffened as though he had been struck . |
| 19 | She took his put-down without rancour , allowing her gaze to drift over the paperwork scattered in separate clumps of disorder at intervals along the work-bench . |
| 20 | Her gaze ran over him , drinking in the sight of him . |
| 21 | In a despairing sweep her gaze ran over the dress , and she bit back a groan . |
| 22 | Her gaze flew over him , taking in the deep , deep blue eyes , the faint smile on the sensual mouth , the dark hair that curled lightly over his collar . |
| 23 | Her gaze flew over him . |
| 24 | And there was plenty to admire , she realised at once as her gaze travelled over the Regency bureau , the Chippendale cabinet , the Aubusson rug . |
| 25 | Where should she go ? she wondered , her gaze travelling over tyre stores and fuel tanks , workshops and garages , parked cars and a village of motorhomes . |
| 26 | Half a mile away , in another bedroom , Mabel Judge opened her eyes to find her husband looming over her , silhouetted against the landing light . |
| 27 | her rain covers over there , it 's , ooh , where is it ? |
| 28 | Ward opened up the paper to reveal two tiny clay figures interlocked , the woman with her head bent over the man 's huge phallic erection . |
| 29 | Her head bent over the exquisite gondola . |
| 30 | Her small shoulders were frail , her back bent over him , her little breasts made fuller by their angle . |