Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [verb] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because all possible fictions of scientific progress are virtual in present-day technology which has taken over the function of ‘ productive ’ simulation . |
| 2 | The sprightly priest , who has taken over the parish of St Paulinus in St Helen Auckland in County Durham , said : ‘ As long as I am fit as the way I am now I will continue to serve the community . ’ |
| 3 | Sally the lass who 's taken over the buying for precision bearings , is a great lass got on great with her , and Richard . |
| 4 | America is his favourite way of talking about the undiscovered country , and it shows that as well as suicide and blanket boredom he has taken over the flavour of Raskolnikov 's joke about getting used to family life . |
| 5 | One has the odd title of the Boulevard du B.A.B. , revealing that it has taken over the line of the old tramway , the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz ; the other , further back from the coast , is the N10 , once the crowded highway along which French motorists hurtled into northern Spain but now a gentler place to drive , the motorway having supplanted it . |
| 6 | Part of his stock-in-trade when he wants to take over an organization . |
| 7 | No , I think he he says taking over the car lease . |
| 8 | Fred will feel the benefit when he comes to take over the business . ’ |