Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 2 | I wandered ail over the city , getting lost then finding myself again where I had started . |
| 3 | That was the filthy coastal town smelling of fish oil where I 'd taken over the driving . |
| 4 | Once clear of the cloud , she had handed over the controls to him and taught him how to use the power and propeller pitch levers , how to bank the plane sharply , how to descend and climb with power and nose attitude . |
| 5 | She had taken over the caravan and his life . |
| 6 | It was almost the first news story she had taken over the newsroom headphones and she knew the absolute importance of accuracy . |
| 7 | The three announced that they had taken over the leadership of the SPLA and accused Garang , who had led the organization since its creation in 1983 , of dictatorial behaviour . |
| 8 | The town was the capital of the central Afghanistan province of Urozgan , and mujaheddin sources reported that they had taken over the administration of the entire province following the defection of its governor , its chief of police , and Tarin Kot 's garrison of 500 . |
| 9 | They attempted to take over the city ; for three days they fought the Viet Minh , and in the cross-fire Lieutenant-Colonel Dewey of OSS was shot dead . |
| 10 | He declined to hand over the cash , no matter what was threatened , and he was too good a salesman to be sacked , so the dealing manager yelled over to the accounts clerk : " Deduct £50 from his month 's wages . " |
| 11 | Jan. 27 USC broadcasts statement on Radio Mogadishu announcing that it had taken over the government . |
| 12 | Elsham signalbox is situated in a very remote part of the Lincolnshire countryside and thus evokes more strange happenings that baffled John Daubney when he had to take over the box as a relief signalman . |
| 13 | He had taken over the management of his sister 's bakery . |
| 14 | The year before Mountbatten died he had taken over the reins of the United World Colleges ( UWC ) from his great-uncle . |
| 15 | Ambitious beyond the wildest dreams of the banana or the humble plum , it attempted to take over the world . |