Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb mod] [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it was that I decided to give Edward Young a greater part to play in At Home in Thrush Green for , having burnt down the rectory in an earlier book , it seemed only right that I should hand over the job of replacing my act of arson to the architect I had created . |
| 2 | By November 1948 , it was agreed that they could take over the responsibility for progressing work on the manufacture of plant and on-site construction from the Ministries of Supply and Works , and the following year they did so . |
| 3 | As the time approached for me to concentrate on my matriculation , I decided to offer Charlie the opportunity to buy out my share of the partnership and even arranged for a qualified accountant to replace me in order that they could take over the book-keeping . |
| 4 | This can , of course , create very undesirable consequences : social stability may be endangered by concentration of too much power and/ or wealth in too few hands ; the privacy of citizens may be abused under the excuse of maintaining law and order , or for commercial gains ; the state may take a " big brother " role ; the business community may acquire too much political power ; or , although very unlikely , IT experts may decide that they should take over the running of the country , since it is only they who can understand the unnecessary complexity of IT systems . |
| 5 | Meanwhile negotiations between the US government and the Philippines over the future of Clark air base and of Subic Bay naval base remained effectively deadlocked , with the Philippines government continuing to insist that it would take over the bases when the current agreement expired in 1991 . |
| 6 | That evening at supper Dunbar came to them and abruptly , without preamble , announced that he would take over the keepership of Berwick Castle forthwith . |
| 7 | The eldest son of a prosperous producer of soya oil and saki , in Nagoya , the parents of Morita expected that he should take over the control of the family business . |