Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] over for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleridge 's letter of 22 July 1797 to Tom Poole , asking that ‘ a fore quarter of Lamb ’ be sent over for the Alfoxden housewarming |
| 2 | However , Frogmarsh Mill 's long involvement in the cloth trade was drawing to a close , for by 1863 it had been taken over for the manufacture of pins by the firm of Perkins , Critchley and Marmont . |
| 3 | Having changed from sweat-sodden clothes , I found that , as the hotel had been taken over for the evening by a wedding party , I and an English couple had a dining-room to ourselves . |
| 4 | In fact , 32 houses , 3 churches and 2 gardens were taken over for the building of the Clementinum or Jesuit College . |
| 5 | Open field sites in the vicinity of London were taken over for the construction of studios in the belief that it was heaps of brick and iron rather than organizational flair that explained the success of Louis B. Mayer or Samuel Goldwyn . |
| 6 | Stone is reported to have been unhappy at being passed over for the DEC presidency . |
| 7 | ‘ Did she resent being passed over for the post ? ’ |
| 8 | A cheque for £3,017 was handed over for the Great Ormond Street Hospital . |
| 9 | Although Clinton 's campaign chairman , Mickey Kantor , was among the transition team , he was passed over for the leadership after negative press reports and reservations from within the Clinton camp concerning his style and his role as a prominent lobbyist . |