Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not mean that reality should be watered down or glossed over . |
| 2 | Family breakdown is common and there are a large number of single parent families , with the result that many grandparents share in or take over the upbringing of their grandchildren and behave as parents to them . |
| 3 | Andy Stanley comes in and takes over as captain … |
| 4 | I marched in and strode over towards his desk . |
| 5 | Instead of the dominant males moving in and taking over the females during the breeding period , they are simply allowed in for mating only and then driven out again . |
| 6 | We ca n't stand up and lecture them on self-reliance and personal responsibility and then wade in and take over as soon as they show signs of doing what we want . |
| 7 | If the general strike had lasted , we could have took over , but er Jimmy stepped in and er he was the er he was the er general secretary of the N U R , National Union of Railwaymen , and er he stepped in and persuaded the government to more or less step in and take over and arbitrate with the miners . |
| 8 | Along with many other groups , The Wedding Present found their product on hold and their projected Ukrainian LP was stuck in Red Rhino 's York warehouse until RCA moved in and took over the marketing of it . |
| 9 | Since the annual report printing business was surplus to requirements at Colorgraphic , Bowstead and his partners moved in and took over in 1990 with backing from County NatWest and Murray Johnstone . |
| 10 | You know , like acrobats do , head tucked in and roll over . |
| 11 | It is at these times that fate may appear to step in and take over the proceedings . |
| 12 | Sometimes I 've been drinking tea with a Sherpa friend of mine in the village of Kundy and there 'll be a clatter up the stairs caused by a dozen people saying ‘ We understand Hillary 's here ’ , as if that gives them the right to charge in and take over . ’ |
| 13 | I talked utter rubbish for hours , and on the few occasions that I faltered Lorne would break in and take over until I had recovered my strength . |
| 14 | The newcomer moved behind the desk as if he had every right simply to walk in and take over . |
| 15 | ‘ However , I have received an assurance from the Post Office that in the event of the present franchisees not being able to find a buyer for the business , then the Post Office will step in and take over the running of the counter service again . ’ |
| 16 | Sheep automatically seem to connect people with food , so that they become bothersome and , in some cases I saw , dangerous as they tried butting until harassed walkers gave in and handed over some of their food . |
| 17 | When was the first time you were in the dark , locked in and taken over by someone else ? |
| 18 | He had walked in and taken over and the marvel man had come up with nothing . |
| 19 | The erotic has swept in and taken over : split the maternal off , like a tree split by lightning — one half stands and grows , the other simply falls and dies . |
| 20 | Eventually , I stood up screaming , and then pitched down and rolled over in an attitude which ( I hoped ) suggested death . |
| 21 | After a long while the human put the paper down and reached over to the desk by its side . |
| 22 | Motorists entering the core , are confronted by 30 km/ h signs and strong visual clues as to how to behave : surfaces change and comers are necked down and given over to non-traffic uses ( Figures 6.44 and 6.45 ) . |
| 23 | One of the ways she visualized life was as a swirling , unpredictable tide of confusion which swept you along helpless , bumping against rocks , trying to snatch at branches , bits of wreckage , anything that might help to keep you afloat for , if you did n't watch out , the waters would suck you down and close over your head . |
| 24 | Prien himself and most of his crew had been killed later in the war , but we managed to track down and invite over from Germany his engineer officer on that famous trip . |
| 25 | Ron Letts was knocked down and run over by thieves at a scrap metal yard three months ago . |
| 26 | On the very Sunday that the new church opened we looked in vain for the empty seats in St Luke 's : it seemed that God had given to us at the mother church a new group of people who had either moved into the area or who were to be converted and we saw the truth of the saying : ‘ Give and it will be given to you , pressed down and running over . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ There was n't much point in sitting down and going over and over again into what went wrong at Coventry . |
| 28 | The President went on to say he regarded Senator Connally 's remarks as an open invitation to the Communists to come down and take over South Korea . |
| 29 | I mean in the periods that I 've been coming down and coming over , and it 's been a fairly regular basis , I should imagine every manager and director or university employee has put forward every conceivable way in which that particular building could be used . |
| 30 | Andrew put the leather helmet down and wandered over to the window . |