Example sentences of "[noun sg] sweep over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everywhere bells ring the alarm ; a surge of fear sweeps over the countryside . |
| 2 | Fear swept over her so completely now , that to think straight , to answer , even if she had been completely sober , would have been an impossibility . |
| 3 | Piers turned around to face her , and for a split second his glance swept over her with appreciation , but the moment was gone so quickly that she thought she must have imagined it . |
| 4 | Her protest died on her lips as his arms brushed across her breasts , and a fierce feeling of confusion swept over her . |
| 5 | The old stone felt cold beneath her fingertips , but it was the glance sweeping over her from out of those black eyes that really froze her senses . |
| 6 | Jessamy could feel confusion sweeping over her . |
| 7 | His gaze swept over her from head to foot . |
| 8 | As Hrun 's gaze swept over her his mind began to operate two notional counting machines . |
| 9 | His derisory gaze swept over her , and then over Neil , who , at the jeering note in Havvie 's voice , and the addressing of McAllister by her correct Christian name , had suddenly stiffened . |
| 10 | His frowning gaze swept over her and there was a glint in the blue eyes that might have been intimidating if she were n't so angry . |
| 11 | Panic swept over her , squeezing out every other emotion . |
| 12 | A sudden wave of panic swept over her and she glanced at the others but it did n't seem as if she was going to learn anything for the moment . |
| 13 | Reid felt the first spasm of panic sweeping over him for he knew what Lester was after but Reid just grunted back at Piggott which provided no encouragement at all and he must have been one of the most relieved jockeys in the race to see the starting stalls open for even in the parade beforehand he still had visions of Lester taking over . |
| 14 | She went very still , the sensation of being poised too near the edge of a precipice sweeping over her again . |
| 15 | Jenny smiled again , feeling a kind of desperate brightness sweeping over her , a need to avoid silences . |
| 16 | For some reason which she could not understand a feeling of desolation swept over her . |
| 17 | And then , as they all stood laughing and chattering in the cold wind , the sense of desolation swept over him again . |
| 18 | He took her hand as they walked slowly along the cliff edge , and a feeling of peace and security swept over her . |
| 19 | A feeling of total joy swept over him as he inspected the beautiful gold and silver machine . |
| 20 | The jagged sliver of wood piercing her finger caused a peculiar chill to sweep over him . |
| 21 | A sudden chill swept over Sophie , but she said evenly , ‘ I do n't know what he 's done to you . |
| 22 | A wave of hot colour swept over her as she wriggled to somehow attach the bedspread around her without letting it slip and giving this mocking character another full frontal . |
| 23 | Pain and nausea swept over him in waves that left him hot and sticky and weak at the knees . |
| 24 | She was not sick in the mornings and when occasionally nausea swept over her it was easily put down to fatigue , or to something she had eaten . |
| 25 | A wave of nausea swept over her , then she fainted . |
| 26 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |
| 27 | Guilt swept over Constance but she felt like saying ‘ nor for me ’ , as Louise went on , ‘ Just for me , darling , say you 're sorry to your mother and then I 'll sort something out . |
| 28 | At the same time , a swell of pride swept over George . |
| 29 | Nausea swept over him . |
| 30 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |