Example sentences of "recently [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Grant dynasty is assured , with Mr Sandy having recently handed over the post of managing director to his nephew . |
| 2 | The younger Kim , designated heir since the sixth party congress in 1980 , recently took over the post of supreme commander of the armed forces from his father . |
| 3 | Formerly Count Basie 's drummer in his last great orchestra , he recently took over the drum chair at the Village Vanguard for the famous Monday night sessions featuring the Mel Lewis Big Band . |
| 4 | Minto summoned the man who had recently taken over the Headington practice from the household 's former practitioner , Dr Wood . |
| 5 | When Italian voters go the polls today they will have a bewildering array of 116 parties to choose from , including the Movement in Defence of Motorists , the League of Housewives and Pensioners and , of course , the Party of Love , headed by Italy 's self-styled porno star , Moana Pozzi — who has recently taken over the mantle from her screen colleague and Member of Parliament , Ilona Staller , La Cicciolina , who is taking time off from politics to have a baby . |
| 6 | Alexander Vass , the shipping magnate who had recently taken over the local firm of G.W. Fashions after a bitter struggle with his rivals , she had expected to be a man well into middle age , in spite of the fact that she knew him to be single . |