Example sentences of "would [be] [verb] over [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She had merely telephoned to let him know that she would be handing over to a girl called Kate .
2 Yeltsin announced at the meeting in Minsk on Dec. 30 that the first channel of Central Television would be given over to the Commonwealth , the second would be Russian , the third would be Moscow Television and the fourth would be an educational channel .
3 These bets would be handed over to a runner and signed with each man 's racing nom de plume , be it his nickname or any other name he considered lucky .
4 It was agreed that this would be handed over to the Angevins when the marriage itself took place .
5 Adopted by 237 votes to 24 , the amendment to the Constitution , known as the power-sharing law , stipulated that the federal government would retain competence over foreign policy , defence and economic and fiscal strategy , while broad economic powers would be handed over to the two republics .
6 This belt , named after Kuiper who suggested it would be left over from the formation of the planets , has been much-discussed as a possible source of short-period comets .
7 This instrumentalism would be carried over into a principle of differential rewards according to the hierarchy of office , in which prestige , privilege and power would be isomorphic with one another .
8 Its responsibilities East of Suez would be taken over by a new tri-Service headquarters established at Aden under an air vice-marshal with the title of HQ British Forces , Middle East .
9 However , as it now seemed certain that the Company would be taken over by the new authority that was to unify public transport in London , before very long , these projects were left in abeyance .
10 Neither , however , was complete withdrawal of the French from Indo-China for , as it was assumed that in all likelihood Indo-China would be taken over by the militant communist group , at best there might follow a transition period marked by chaos and terrorist activities , which would then create a political vacuum into which the Chinese inevitably would be drawn or pushed .
11 In that event the players ' registrations would be taken over by the League and transfer fees payable to Lytham .
12 She knew quite well why she would be trotting over to the new extension when summoned .
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