Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] over the " in BNC.

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1 Oh right erm to be honest I do n't , the guy who set all that up has moved company , I 'm just taking over the , the care of them really , unless erm Mr said anything , erm erm , yes if you would , er just hang on a minute , erm he 's got someone in
2 It also integrated the supply of electricity into the national grid curtailing and , in 1987 , finally taking over the only independent Palestinian energy supplier , the Jerusalem Electricity Company .
3 She became ingratiating and saw herself finally taking over the housekeeper 's role .
4 As early as 1788 the Marylebone Cricket Club revised the laws of the game , thus taking over the role of the celebrated Hambledon Club .
5 This duty was helped by the fact that the general hospital units being built up in the London catchment area were already taking over the functions of the asylums .
6 Instead of obsequiously handing over the dosh as any self-respecting minion temporarily permitted to breathe the upper air would have done , he started reciting terms and conditions .
7 In recent years the seedsmen and the chemical companies ( the latter are rapidly taking over the former ) have been producing new varieties of hybrid seeds , fertilizers , herbicides , pesticides , and fungicides , which together have made continuous monocropping feasible .
8 Only rarely did they talk of their men willingly taking over the housework and servicing their breadwinner wives .
9 The Japanese are now taking over the manufacture of the machines as you can imagine , and so that 's the end of it for the , the
10 She had come to London to take control of her own life , and now she was meekly handing over the reins to this man who was almost a stranger .
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