Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] over [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Souness has taken over a club with financial difficulties . |
| 2 | Subsequent of that of course to meet the need we had Stage Directions come into being very vibrant thrusting young people theatre 's company and really what 's happen is that Stage Directions in part anyway has taken over the mantle of the old Harlow youth theatre . |
| 3 | This is because all possible fictions of scientific progress are virtual in present-day technology which has taken over the function of ‘ productive ’ simulation . |
| 4 | Neil Gray , a burly farmer from Morrinsville , has taken over the post of All Black manager from John Sturgeon , who was not available . |
| 5 | Since the Criminal Law Revision Committee produced its Working Paper , the Crown Prosecution Service has taken over the task of prosecuting from the police . |
| 6 | The Neighbourhood Watch Committee provides a regular newsletter for the village and has taken over the distribution of Christmas parcels to the pensioners . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The sprightly priest , who at 75 came close to retiring but is now glad it never came off , has taken over the parish of St Paulinus in St Helen Auckland , County Durham . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Fr Rice has taken over the running of a detoxification centre started some years ago by a Mill Hill priest who died recently . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If , for any reason , one of my colleagues needs to take over the file at any stage , you will be consulted . |
| 14 | AS the Irish Prime Minister , Mr Charles Haughey , prepares to take over the presidency of the European Economic Community on Monday , promoting his country is high on the agenda . |
| 15 | Like many other regular users , Nick prefers to hand over a print to clients rather than a slide . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Sally the lass who 's taken over the buying for precision bearings , is a great lass got on great with her , and Richard . |