Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] over [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Just before leaving Doune he had heard from his elder sister Agnes , Countess of Dunbar and March , that her peculiar husband had now entered into a treasonable arrangement with Edward of England , not only to hand over Dunbar Castle to the English but actually to strengthen it first , at the Plantagenet 's expense . |
2 | Although they have apparently been happening for much longer , abductions first started coming to light in the late Sixties , but they 've really taken over UFO culture since the publication of Communion in 1987 . |
3 | And it was entirely likely she 'd produce documented evidence that Crevecoeur had signed a contract with her , effectively handing over hir body for however long the contract stipulated . |
4 | We even sold over £100 worth of '78s on the first day of the sale ! |
5 | The RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening , published last year , sold through even more copies in its first season than its companion volume , The RHS Gardener 's Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers , did when first published in 1989 — but the latter title actually generated over £1.1m turnover during the six-month period . |
6 | The accused allegedly deceived federal regulators by fraudulently taking over Independence Bank of Encino , California , using Pharaon as a front . |