Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] over by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last week of March , the remaining areas of Republican territory in the south and east of the country were taken over by the Nationalists . |
| 2 | The moneys were paid over by the plaintiffs to avoid the apprehended consequence of a refusal to submit to the authority . |
| 3 | An alternative explanation is that the figure indicates the existence of an important fertility bull cult at Stamford which was brought over by the Myceneans . |
| 4 | It had a capacity of 20,000 tons in timber silos and was taken over by the Commissioners in 1906 . |
| 5 | He said that He used to tell me about his country that you know it was taken over by the Russians and then it 'd be taken over by the Germans and You know what I mean . |
| 6 | The convent was in the protection of St Sophia and the church was dedicated to her , but changed its dedication when the building was taken over by the nuns of the Salesiane della Visitazione order . |
| 7 | With trading settlements and ports of call at Goa , the Cape and Lisbon , the Portuguese undermined the economy of the Mameluke Empire to such an extent that it was taken over by the Ottomans in 1517 . |