Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be interesting to see if Novell comes to any of the same business decisions once it takes over . |
| 2 | Gutters will overflow , often by no means gently and valley water can back up under tiles and underfelt , until it spills over into the room below . |
| 3 | Gangs tend to pick on houses rather than businesses , torturing a family until it hands over its money ( many Vietnamese keep all their cash at home ) . |
| 4 | As the vote approached , it seemed likely that the favoured version would not actually stop spending if it went over a cap , but merely require a special vote to approve or disapprove it . |
| 5 | If it continues over a long period it could even lead to stunted growth . |
| 6 | If it goes over that I 'm out . ’ |
| 7 | Use a smooth , round container of known capacity ; aerate the water while treatment is being carried out , and watch the fish constantly for signs of distress — if it keels over , return it immediately to the pond . |
| 8 | Send for the AMBULANCE FLAUBERT : though do n't be surprised , when it arrives , if it runs over your leg . |
| 9 | Remember to put something at the bottom of the downpipe if it discharges over an open gully in order to catch whatever is blocking it , or else you might block the gully or the drains further along . |
| 10 | Public Relations is in many ways far more complex than advertising , because it functions over a wide spectrum of alternatives for a multitude of purposes . |
| 11 | It has sold another £28m of assets and has now pulled in £70m from disposals since it took over the Brookmount property group in August . |
| 12 | Cupid , which is moving its head office from Accrington to Blackburn , Lancashire , said it needed the cash to reduce borrowings which had increased since it took over the Youngs formal wear business last year . |
| 13 | Broomhead had tied the cabinet to the rave of the cart , lest it fall over and become more scratched if by any faint chance the horse decided to show some signs of life . |
| 14 | The men claim they were not offered new sales posts with Swithland Motors , of Mountsorrel , Leics , after it took over the Birmingham-based Colmore Group in March last year . |
| 15 | The actions of Timex in Dundee exude an air of pre-meditation rather reminiscent of Rupert Murdoch 's at Wapping : even down to the fortified perimeter installed by the new management team after it took over 18 months ago . |
| 16 | Formed in 1918 in Waco , Texas , the squadron had several American homes before it came over to England as part of NATO — moving to Upper Heyford in 1970 . |
| 17 | Fair amount of arguing , I do n't know if that 's part of the ploy with the free kick , just before it came over I think you were getting frustrated that the free kick was n't coming over quick enough , a lot of arms being raised , is that a ploy or was it actually real frustration ? |
| 18 | In the matter of its lawsuit against Berkeley Software Design Inc for copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets , Unix System Laboratories Inc has decided to file a petition for reconsideration with Judge Dickinson Debevoise before it goes over his head to the Circuit Court of Appeals . |
| 19 | In the matter of its lawsuit against Berkeley Software Design Inc for copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets , Unix System Labs has decided to file a petition for reconsideration with Judge Dickinson Debevoise before it goes over his head to the Circuit Court of Appeals ( UX No 427 ) . |
| 20 | This time Leeson broke the silence before it froze over too hard . |
| 21 | The set of favoured firms is likely to be composed mainly of research-intensive firms or firms with enormous manufacturing expertise , and the odds are that such firms may have discovered the information for themselves through their own R&D before it spills over to them from rivals . |
| 22 | The government has managed , by and large , to restore public order which was notably lacking when it took over in April 1992 . |
| 23 | In 1966 its role was expanded when it took over the Ministries of Aviation and Fuel and Power . |
| 24 | Thomson underwent an MMC investigation when it took over Horizon in 1989 , but was cleared . |
| 25 | Everyone is aware of the sensation experienced in a lift as it starts to descend , and in a car when it goes over a humped-back bridge . |
| 26 | We were told , because of the shortage of paper , we were told only to use secondhand papers er paper that had already been used for letters or memos when writing to the Clerks ' Department and erm we erm used to get the grubbiest paper that we could and then you had to condense it and type it erm without too much space and erm that went over to the Clerks ' Department , then erm when it got over th oh sorry you had to trim off the edges erm so that there was no spare paper left around the memo so that er you know there was just this little bit of paper with the |
| 27 | and then when it got over to the Clerks ' Department they used to stick it on another piece of paper so that they could put it on the file |
| 28 | The boat was mooring up on the River Severn when it rolled over , trapping two of them underwater . |
| 29 | When it rolled over we believe it rolled onto her . |
| 30 | ‘ It was about 8.30am and I was just getting dressed when it came over on the news , ’ said Mr Tyson , a former clerk of works at Harrow council , London . |