Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [verb] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fr Rice has taken over the running of a detoxification centre started some years ago by a Mill Hill priest who died recently . |
| 2 | This ends just before the large A4031 bridge from which the canal emerges to cross over an aqueduct over a minor road with a public house below on the left and then crosses over another aqueduct over the railway main line through Birmingham . |
| 3 | To cap it all , the Devil has taken over the church and sits impaled on the spire with a long snaky whip sorting out anyone who 's left . |
| 4 | Since the Criminal Law Revision Committee produced its Working Paper , the Crown Prosecution Service has taken over the task of prosecuting from the police . |
| 5 | The urge to scramble into the saddle and take my chance continues to triumph over an inclination to enjoy horses from a safer stance . |
| 6 | Under the new arrangement , CNP anticipates taking over the business later in the year . |
| 7 | Souness has taken over a club with financial difficulties . |
| 8 | NEWLY-promoted Det Chief Inspector Mike Paddon has taken over the job and office of his retiring twin Terry at Exeter police HQ . |
| 9 | Since Jim Henson 's sudden , untimely death his son Brian has taken over the company reins and continues the great tradition by trundling out Kermit as Bob Cratchit , Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit , Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig , Rizzo The Rat as Himself and The Great Gonzo as narrator Mr Dickens . |
| 10 | Mr F. Dunn has taken over the Rail Agency at Ludlow Station . |
| 11 | When the tow-rope breaks in a storm and the Arno is separated from the Langdale , Cam has to take over the duty of navigating in difficult circumstances , advised by the wounded mate , and he proves equal to the challenge . |
| 12 | Berliner Bank has taken over the Berliner Stadtbank , which emerged from the break-up of the former east German state bank . |
| 13 | Like many other regular users , Nick prefers to hand over a print to clients rather than a slide . |
| 14 | If , for any reason , one of my colleagues needs to take over the file at any stage , you will be consulted . |
| 15 | The England skipper has taken over a club founded by one of his predecessors , Nigel Melville . |
| 16 | Now techno has taken over the city . |
| 17 | Meanwhile Svidrigailov has taken over the suicide role , which is to say the blanket boredom has become positively terminal . |