Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smart or intelligent chargers tend to take over the user 's responsibility , detecting the amount of charge needed and eliminating any memory problems , but as stated previously , they are many time more expensive than the standard chargers . |
| 2 | On June 22 , West Germany agreed to restructure over a 14-year period a debt of DM3,000 million due for payment by March 1991 . |
| 3 | Third World states tend to take over the foreign investments that they consider to be important for national development . |
| 4 | Lord King has handed over executive authority at British Airways to his deputy , Sir Colin Marshall . |
| 5 | Dr Jean Bainbridge has taken over from Coun Heather Scott as president of the Darlington and District Soroptimists . |
| 6 | Farag tried to look over his shoulder . |
| 7 | It also once more raises the question of whether Middlesbrough boss Lennie Lawrence could be the man Spurs want to take over . |
| 8 | Science fiction has taken over the fantasy-forming role of traditional mythology . |
| 9 | The computer has taken over . |
| 10 | Stuart Ward has taken over from Bill Davidson who retired at the end of last year . |
| 11 | On all three occasions , Stewart has handed over the gloves to Blakey — even though he is clearly a far superior keeper . |
| 12 | the dinosaur has fallen over . |
| 13 | COMIC Mike Harding saw how Middlesbrough has turned over a new leaf at the weekend . |
| 14 | MOVIE heart-throb Kevin Costner has taken over from Arnold Schwarzenegger as Hollywood 's most powerful actor , according to a survey . |
| 15 | The second and more exciting aspect is that , when it does so , the direction of spin is not affected : if the initial spin was clockwise , it will still be clockwise even after the toy has turned over . |
| 16 | John Westley has taken over 12 million paces to raise money for charity |
| 17 | Christie was to be married at Easter , but Ann planned to go over in late February to help with the wedding preparations and also , to take Sarah and see her settled in before she started her job . |
| 18 | Smaller animals tend to have higher metabolic rates , just as the engines of small cars tend to turn over at a higher rate than those of larger cars . |
| 19 | Omnibus 's simplistic script favoured show-and-tell over analysis but that dangerous moral — that these years were a triumph of popular taste in art , not a suppression of it — could be glimpsed now and then . |
| 20 | Kev Knowles has signed from local Jehovah 's Witness side Armageddon Wanderers and at his own expense has taken over match programme production , re-naming it the ‘ Whaddon Watchtower ’ . |
| 21 | Eastern Europe chills down and while it 's often dry , snow starts taking over from rain . |
| 22 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken over the last 12 months to promote the carrying of organ transplant donor cards ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 23 | We are proud to say that Jean Conway has achieved her Food Hygiene Diploma from the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland , and Jean has taken over most of the food hygienecourses running in Scotland . |
| 24 | Eric Priest has taken over as acting Chief Fire Officer for Cleveland after the retirement of Bill Cooney on health grounds . |
| 25 | From Frankie Goes to Hollywood — who presented the image of two leather queens — through Marc Almond — in the image of a northern gay boy — through Bronski Beat — presented as ‘ out ’ political gays — to the rash of transvestite and transsexual ‘ gender bender ’ stylists like Marilyn and Boy George , sexual divergence has crossed over into the mainstream in a psychological paradigm that services perfectly pop 's current industrial situation . |
| 26 | Any unused equipment already on loan will be welcomed back ( Pat has taken over Jean Parmiter 's list ) . |
| 27 | Any unused equipment already on loan will be welcomed back ( Pat has taken over Jean Parmiter 's list ) . |
| 28 | GUIL : ( Broken ) We 've travelled too far , and our momentum has taken over ; we move idly towards eternity , without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation . |
| 29 | Upstairs , the Bonn gallery owner Philomene Magers has taken over Monika Spruth 's former gallery , showing , until the end of December , a single monumental painting from 1955 by Ad Reinhardt , in shades of black , entitled ‘ Number 16 ’ . |
| 30 | His eyes seemed glazed over and the smile was stretched and impenetrable . |