Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [to-vb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | did succeed in persuading Croydon Corporation to let them work their tramways on a lease and shortly afterwards , they had the opportunity to take over two new tramway schemes , outside but adjoining Croydon boundaries . |
| 2 | The opportunity to go over to regain my citizenship was a must because of the pressure I was under . |
| 3 | The thing about the solo is that it should really be a chance for the guitar to take over from the vocalist and really hit you in the heart like vocals can , and I 'm sorry but these heavy metal solos can never really hit you because it 's just music by numbers . ’ |
| 4 | He tried to duck under the ropes to come over to us , but gets stopped by a security man who asks him what he 's playing at . |
| 5 | When sport fails to deal adequately with the excesses of its performers , it is right and proper for the courts to take over . |
| 6 | Blanche laughed gently , allowing the whisky to roll over her tongue . |
| 7 | THE DECISION TO HAND OVER THE COSSACKS |
| 8 | Bath 's No.8 is the favourite to take over from the British Lion after Leicester confirmed yesterday that Richards would miss the rest of the season . |
| 9 | He beckoned her in , and took her to the rail to look over . |
| 10 | When Insurers settle a total loss they acquire two types of rights — the entitlement to take over the Policyholder 's interest in the subject matter insured , and all the Policyholder 's rights and remedies in respect of the casualty which caused the loss . |
| 11 | Journalists , desperate to break the story on the latest trend in designer drugs , are hyping Ketamine as the drug to take over from Ecstasy . |
| 12 | Whittingham was invited by the A.O.C. to take over 261 Squadron from him , which he did at the start of May . |
| 13 | It is at this point that the women are introduced into the story to take over the role of the disciples . |
| 14 | The International Atomic Energy Authority ( IAEA ) is concerned that Bulgaria will hold the West to ransom over demands for the closure of Kozloduy nuclear power plant , found to be " in a very poor condition " by IAEA experts [ see ED 48 ] . |
| 15 | An obligation on the acquirer to take over the obligations under existing contracts and other continuing obligations of the business ; to indemnify the offeree for any liability that arises subsequent to completion in respect of them ; and , in particular , provision for dealing with warranty claims in respect of products sold prior to completion and product liability . |
| 16 | In other circumstances all that needs to be done if the transaction is a domestic one , whereby , say , a shareholder transfers his holding as a gift to a member of his family or sells it to an acquaintance , is for the transferor to hand over to the transferee a signed share transfer together with the share certificate which the transferee will lodge with the company and the register will then be amended by adding the transferee and noting that the transferor has ceased to be a member or shareholder in respect of the shares . |
| 17 | She massacred the attempt to gloss over his lateness with a stare . |
| 18 | Bell was a supporter of the oral system , and upon learning of the difficulties faced by the Academy , he took over the teaching of the deaf children in the school for two months until the arrival of a Mr. Jones all the way from the U.S.A. to take over from him . |
| 19 | Only Phil Mickelson appears to have the talent to take over the mantle vacated by Bob Charles as the world 's best left-handed golfer . |
| 20 | Working with Cadillac engineers , Kettering created the starter motor , using the flywheel to turn over the engine . |
| 21 | With Hewlett-Packard Co heading for $18,800m turnover this year and Fujitsu Ltd at around the $26,000m mark , while Digital Equipment Corp looks hopefully to Alpha to rocket it off its $14,000m-a-year launchpad , the contenders to take over leadership of the mainstream computer industry from IBM Corp are lining up — and a major new round of mergers and acquisitions could be on the way . |
| 22 | I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters . |
| 23 | Mullins , who moved to the North-East to take over the kennels of the late Tom Whitfield in November after working as head lad for his mother , Linda Mullins , in Essex , gets the award after providing 15 winners from 61 runners , an average of 26.6pc . |
| 24 | He held her so tightly she could hardly breathe and he held a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over money . |
| 25 | Mr Globe alleged that in one incident a woman customer was seized in the National Westminster Bank in West Derby Road , by White who held a gun to her head as he ordered the cashier to hand over money . |
| 26 | The response of the security forces to the peaceful demonstrations had been generally restrained , but on July 23 , following several unsuccessful attempts by the opposition to take over government buildings and install its " ministers " in office , Ratsiraka declared a state of emergency , including a night-time curfew , and issued warrants for the arrest of opposition leaders . |
| 27 | The broad collaboration with the powers-that-were explains the readiness to skip over a full coming to account with the past . |
| 28 | Just like the bad old days , the idea is to get the brothers to take over as many places as possible . |
| 29 | Peter then approaches the blackboard on which he writes the date , 5 November : this is the cue for the jazz to take over from the calypso ( in more strident tones than before ) as an indication of the disturbing events which follow . |
| 30 | The fire to cauterise , the ice to cover over . |