Example sentences of "has [verb] over the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are glad the owner has handed over the pictures of his own free will rather than selling them on the Western art market . ’ |
| 2 | More news about Jack is the announcement that he has handed over the reins of the Midland Embalming School to John Davis who , apart from being a trade embalmer has a varied background in nursing , counselling , laboratory work and school teaching . |
| 3 | The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend . |
| 4 | The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend . |
| 5 | The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend . |
| 6 | Subsequent of that of course to meet the need we had Stage Directions come into being very vibrant thrusting young people theatre 's company and really what 's happen is that Stage Directions in part anyway has taken over the mantle of the old Harlow youth theatre . |
| 7 | This is because all possible fictions of scientific progress are virtual in present-day technology which has taken over the function of ‘ productive ’ simulation . |
| 8 | Neil Gray , a burly farmer from Morrinsville , has taken over the post of All Black manager from John Sturgeon , who was not available . |
| 9 | Since the Criminal Law Revision Committee produced its Working Paper , the Crown Prosecution Service has taken over the task of prosecuting from the police . |
| 10 | His absence has given a rare opportunity to his deputy and political rival , Zhu Rongji , who has taken over the reins of government . |
| 11 | The Neighbourhood Watch Committee provides a regular newsletter for the village and has taken over the distribution of Christmas parcels to the pensioners . |
| 12 | One has the odd title of the Boulevard du B.A.B. , revealing that it has taken over the line of the old tramway , the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz ; the other , further back from the coast , is the N10 , once the crowded highway along which French motorists hurtled into northern Spain but now a gentler place to drive , the motorway having supplanted it . |
| 13 | The sprightly priest , who at 75 came close to retiring but is now glad it never came off , has taken over the parish of St Paulinus in St Helen Auckland , County Durham . |
| 14 | The sprightly priest , who has taken over the parish of St Paulinus in St Helen Auckland in County Durham , said : ‘ As long as I am fit as the way I am now I will continue to serve the community . ’ |
| 15 | America is his favourite way of talking about the undiscovered country , and it shows that as well as suicide and blanket boredom he has taken over the flavour of Raskolnikov 's joke about getting used to family life . |
| 16 | Fr Rice has taken over the running of a detoxification centre started some years ago by a Mill Hill priest who died recently . |
| 17 | When the tow-rope breaks in a storm and the Arno is separated from the Langdale , Cam has to take over the duty of navigating in difficult circumstances , advised by the wounded mate , and he proves equal to the challenge . |