Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the execution of Xavier de Chavigny , the German High Command had taken over the house and gardens at St-Cloud and used the beautiful late-seventeenth-century mansion to quarter troops . |
| 2 | Deacon had taken over the head of the formation as the leader 's R/T was not working , and calling a warning to the other pilots , he swung into the attack on one Messerschmitt from the quarter position , breaking away to attack a second similarly , though in neither case did he observe any results . |
| 3 | In Reggio Calabria , where a government commissioner had taken over the city council following the arrest in July of 25 of its 50 members on corruption charges , a further 22 people including three parliamentary deputies were arrested on Sept. 7 . |
| 4 | Then my father decided to hand over the company to the young man . |
| 5 | She had come to question him and , as had happened so often , her father had taken over the conversation . |
| 6 | On top of everything else , my line had to take over the Cross at the foot of the hill . |
| 7 | When it reappeared in December , Index had taken over the printing — and Gutenberg 's technology was to rule for the next 12 years . |
| 8 | The Regatta chairman talks about the way hospitality had taken over the regatta course and howm glad they are that it seems to be declining . |
| 9 | The couple had taken over the shop six years previously and had achieved a healthy profit through hard work . |
| 10 | By 1785 , Mary Gifford of The Swan Inn across the street had taken over the ownership of Charles 's house . |