Example sentences of "[vb past] over from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they were working , the smell of puris frying wafted over from the houses round the square . |
| 2 | At least fourteen more Palestinians were killed in subsequent clashes with the security forces and eight hundred were wounded ; the clashes spilled over from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip to Arab areas of Israel . |
| 3 | And was there one came over from the top ? |
| 4 | The purely Chinese came over from the mainland with Chiang Kai-Shek . ’ |
| 5 | Springhill now is much the same as it was in 1953 when itwas handed over from the RAF . |
| 6 | And towards the end of that week , Pete walked over from the yard to see for himself how Alina was doing . |
| 7 | The determined practical side of my nature soon took over from the lazy brooding one . |
| 8 | It was increasingly polished during the reign of Louis XIV when the first professional dancers took over from the courtiers after the founding of the Académie Royale de Danse within the Académie Royale de Musique ( 1672 ) . |
| 9 | Taking their lead from the ‘ gee-whizzers ’ of American journalism , a more colourful , gossipy style of writing took over from the rather self-consciously poetic late Victorian style with its ‘ hapless custodians ’ and ‘ leather spheroids ’ . |
| 10 | Maybe this is all that is needed to re-ignite calls for a review of the welfare benefits which single parents receive — a review actually under way earlier this year , but thankfully kicked into touch by Tony Newton when he took over from the hapless John Moore as Social Security Secretary last Summer . |
| 11 | St-Germain-des Pres took over from the previous Parisian art centres in Montmartre and Montparnasse , and brought much of the old guard to the new cafes . |
| 12 | Ridden by Peter Scudamore , Nigel Twiston-Davies 's seven-year-old took over from the ill-fated Combermere at the 13th of the 27 fences and , staying on strongly approaching the last , drew clear of the top-weight Dalkey Sound to record an impressive eight-length victory . |
| 13 | It took over from the Cortina as the best DIY car around , and its high build quality ensures public loyalty . |
| 14 | The archosaurs took over from the mammal-like reptiles about two-thirds through the Triassic . |
| 15 | For the astonishing fact is that Malcolm Allison , soccer 's oldest boss at 65 , has revitalised a Bristol Rovers side that had won only two of 16 games before he took over from the sacked Dennis Rofe a month ago . |
| 16 | The win maintained stand-in captain Mark Taylor 's unbeaten record in charge of Australia , who have won three and tied one since he took over from the injured Allan Border . |
| 17 | As we are time-travellers we can peer into the future and notice that it is the professional class that will have the last laugh ; for the ‘ bourgeoisie ’ ( as Marx called them ) took over from the gentry . |
| 18 | Our link with Civil Affairs Service ( Burma ) in Delhi was Colonel Leslie Glass , and plans were so laid that when the civil government took over from the military , there should be an easy transition from the initial operation under the military . |
| 19 | President Bush took over from the 78-year-old Ronald Reagan at the age of 64 but within 11 days the rigours of office had taken their toll . |
| 20 | Schofield was an inspirational leader in this summer 's Ashes tour when he took over from the injured Hanley and he played the game of his life in the second Test win in Melbourne . |
| 21 | The coalition took over from the Vietnam-backed Hun Sen government which rescued Kampuchea after the demise of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in 1979 . |
| 22 | It just took over from the lack of draw on the estate . |
| 23 | It just took over from the lack of draw on the estate . |
| 24 | A young man in an immaculate dark blue suit took over from the young woman who had met them at the elevator and led them into a vast room , furnished with antiques . |
| 25 | This is where systems technology took over from the tools , and the change of emphasis may prove to have been programmed learning 's greatest gift to education . |
| 26 | Ever since the Pill took over from the sheath in availability and popularity , the onus of responsibility has fallen even more heavily on women . |
| 27 | It stood outside in the garden for years until John and Vera Brittain took over from the Thwaites at High Birk Hatt . |
| 28 | In October 1993 a new Centre , for Science , Technology , Energy and Environmental Policy ( CSTEEP ) took over from the DRC |
| 29 | Yugoslavia was now set to get its first non-communist President when Mesic took over from the Serb Borisav Jovic in May 1991 , in accordance with the rotation sequence . |
| 30 | The Presidents of Yugoslavia 's six constituent republics took over from the federal presidency the principal role in negotiating Yugoslavia 's future when they began on March 28 a series of weekly summit meetings . |