Example sentences of "she [verb] it over " in BNC.

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1 She read it over many times , letting her tears fall unchecked on the page .
2 She read it over .
3 The dark hair inherited from her father was streaked with grey now , and when she wept , it would loosen itself from the neat coils in which she pinned it over pads called ‘ rats ’ every morning , as if in sympathy , and strands would creep down over her hands and cheeks .
4 When she had finished , she passed it over so that I could sign it .
5 She passed it over .
6 Slowly she turned it over .
7 A little later , Emily was looking through her accounts and came across a bill for French calf ; thoughtfully , she turned it over in her hands , Hari would need to buy the calf too and the usual practice was to pay for it at the end of the month .
8 She turned it over and over in her hands .
9 She turned it over , and read the situation wanted ad that Alina had drafted on the back .
10 She got a surprise when she turned it over .
11 She turned it over in bewilderment .
12 Every time the woman was marking off the numbers Shaney was turning the card over , you know , she turned it over in six cards .
13 She turned it over , a spider as big as your dinner plate .
14 I must have looked embarrassed when she handed it over because they both turned their backs while I slipped my old dress off and slipped the new one on .
15 She handed it over — in line with company policy — and was able to give a clear description to police from which they issued an artist 's impression .
16 She handed it over and his eyes scanned it rapidly .
17 ‘ I 'm normally at home most evenings , ’ she told him , trying to ignore his disbelieving look as she handed it over .
18 She handed it over , silently cursing fitzAlan for calling her his wife .
19 Going upstairs to Helen 's flat , she handed it over , and her godmother took it with a smile .
20 Last year she had a lovely crop from her plot , which measures about 2ft by 3ft ; this year she dug it over in plenty of time for May 4 , the day on which she sows on the basis of an old saying : ‘ the 4th of May is kidney bean day ’ .
21 She mulls it over .
22 When Muriel did n't get the job she 'd hoped for she talked it over with her present boss .
23 He emptied his flagon and after a minute 's hesitation she took it over to the table to refill it .
24 She got , and hated , a job in a fruit pulpers in Covent Garden , and would drop in at lunchtimes , and one day , in the absence of anyone else competent to run the switchboard , she took it over for an hour .
25 There was some kind of engraving on the medallion , and she took it over to the window for a closer look .
26 At first Anne felt indignant with Joe , but when she thought it over , realised the good sense of his warning .
27 She thought it over .
28 She thought it over uneasily .
29 She looked it over .
30 She looked it over , saw that it had at least two exits , and gave him a cautious yes .
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