Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [verb] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He switched off his lamp to watch the cold , silver light settle over the church and headstones . |
| 2 | And he said that , since 1965 when the science Research Council took over the telescope , the observatory has been collaborating more closely with university researchers . |
| 3 | In Ipswich the home help service took over the care of these clients ; in Newham the development officer continued to manage the existing support workers until a new development officer took over ( the health authority agreed to fund a continuation of the project for a further three years ) . |
| 4 | Pauline was crowned Festival Queen taking over the honour from Margi Clarke , who held the position last year amid singers , stiltwalkers and members of the British Music Hall Company . |
| 5 | ‘ Royal ’ arrest An Australian farmer and his wife who declared their Queensland farm an independent country , calling themselves the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough , have been arrested for defying a court order to hand over the property to receivers . |
| 6 | Another calls the setting up of a clearing house to take over the running of the settlement from the Stock Exchange and a third for a quick move to rolling settlement , under which all share bargains are settle after a set number of days . |
| 7 | In the Court of Session in Edinburgh yesterday , Lord Morrison refused to order the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service to hand over the name of a donor whose blood allegedly infected a 26-year-old man with HIV . |
| 8 | Jim and Nan Hall took over the shop . |
| 9 | When he was relieved by the early turn man to take over the daylight duties , he mentioned the strange incident and asked him if he had any experiences to relate . |
| 10 | He stressed that the US would abide by the Canal Treaty timetable to hand over the canal to Panamanian rule . |
| 11 | Rush , the Echo 's Liverpool Man-of-the-Match winner last season , has carried his scoring form into the summer by notching the third goal in Wales ' 3–0 World Cup win over the Faroe Islands last weekend . |
| 12 | The World Health Organization took over the administration of this agreement in 1947 , and has continued , since then , to advise on suitable antibiotics for treatment , and methods to be used in the blood tests for syphilis . |
| 13 | The split happened after a property company took over the White Hart and raised the rent from £20,000 to £37,000 a year . |
| 14 | It was like soccer 's World Cup host country handing over the television rights to the visiting nations . |
| 15 | A film crew took over the station on Tuesday , June 30 — the last opportunity before the railway 's daily running season began to film sequences of the cast alighting from a train and leaving the station in Pop 's famous Rolls Royce car . |
| 16 | Grange House School took over the Marston farm last month after delays in getting planning permission for another site nearby . |
| 17 | In 1987 the Shared Earth Trust took over the management of the farm and set out to reverse this process , establishing a long term programme to develop Denmark Farm as a haven for wildlife and a genetic bank from which wildlife species will be able to spread out and recolonise the surrounding countryside when future agricultural policies make this possible . |