Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He did not see any sign of the runaway animals but later on that night the local policeman called on him and he took over the task of keeping a look out .
2 He was , nevertheless , elected to the see of the Auvergne , and he took over the administration of the diocese .
3 And he handed over the letter ( which had creased beautifully in his pocket ) with just the right note of impatient politeness .
4 The award was presented to the club by Durham CIU vice- president Bill Laverick five years ago as an annual prize and he handed over the trophy at a special ceremony at the club .
5 Because he took over the reins at such a late stage in 1763 Giardini was unable to entice to London either the best Italian singers or a famous composer .
6 Hong Kong 's achievement in Catania has been Simpkin 's first success since he took over the Hong Kong representative side .
7 ‘ Has young Meredith changed any of his wild ways since he took over the reins at the manor ? ’
8 But only days after he took over the job , he 'd got the fright of his life .
9 If nothing else , he 'd want some sort of come-back if we cheated him after he handed over the money . ’
10 I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 .
11 It was 1837 that it became Ring & Brymer , an entity retained by Lord Forte when he took over the company in 1962 .
12 It was logical , when he took over the Foundation , to concentrate on dance , and Gulbenkian in Lisbon approved .
13 Caesar found a census of the population in the Greek script when he took over the camp of the Helvetii ( Bell .
14 It took Cuckney four years to overcome the financial crisis he encountered when he took over the Crown Agents in 1974 .
15 He loved his ‘ Jocks ’ without a trace of condescension , and when he took over the regiment as lieutenant-colonel in North Africa and Italy , his double-barrelled beer name earned him the affectionate sobriquet of ‘ Colonel Screwtop ’ .
16 Spittals had insisted it should be laid when he took over the office .
17 Castro later admitted to Herbert Matthews that when he took over the refineries he did not know whether or not Moscow would supply Cuba with oil ( Matthews : 1969 , p. 171 ) .
18 He would closet himself with a bottle of port and a cigar or pipe , read the end of the previous instalment , and then write the next , drawing his fee when he handed over the text .
19 I rousted Thessy out of his bed with a cup of tea , then went to my own bed as he took over the wheel .
20 If anything , his faith was strengthened in the mid-1950s , as he worked over the past to write his War Memoirs .
21 Then the dream had shifted to show him whistling as he worked over the bins .
22 ‘ In the beginning , Freddie did n't have all the powers that he wanted to have as a vocalist ; he worked to achieve those and improved as he worked over the years .
23 Mark asked , as he handed over the fish and chips .
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