Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [to-vb] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The restoration of the monarchy , he said , would bring back the communism and anarchy which had threatened to take over the country before the Civil War . |
| 2 | Her exhausted captain had had to hand over the wheel to Arthur and for eight days he was scarcely relieved . |
| 3 | The truth of the matter was that even before she had agreed to take over the club she had been plagued more and more by a feeling that she had done all she could do in the music business . |
| 4 | She had no idea how he knew Kattina was in police custody , or that she had agreed to take over the job . |
| 5 | If by some chance the Poles had agreed to hand over the city it is quite possible that even at this late stage NSDAP support in the city would have evaporated . |
| 6 | The gelding had failed to win over a variety of distances from five furlongs to two miles , but galloped clear in yesterday 's mile and a quarter all-weather race under veteran jockey Chris Dwyer . |