Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he sailed over with King George , as some twenty-five years previously he had accompanied the Prince of Orange on his voyage to claim the crown , he received only an annuity of £400 from the new monarch , was soon deep in debt again , and ended his days in a debtor 's prison . |
| 2 | Although he handed over the active management of his business some time ago to his son , Bill , his keen interest in the affairs of Cessford and in the welfare of his family never flagged . |
| 3 | I have tried taking the castle out , but this only makes him unhappy , so he goes over to the heater and swims underneath it . |
| 4 | Tiller 's theatrical enterprises were expanding so fast it became inconvenient to use his warehouse during the evenings and at weekends , so he took over part of St James 's Hall in Oxford Street , Manchester , adjoining the St James 's Theatre . |
| 5 | Pilots were to be Russ Boardman and Lee Gehlbach , but Boardman was injured prior to the race and Doolittle found he had no mount ( his landing gear had jammed ) , so he took over for the Thompson . |
| 6 | DEC folk figure Olsen 's successor Bob Palmer found more trouble than he reckoned on once he took over . |
| 7 | He started to walk backwards as together they advanced until he fell over a precipice , the hound at his throat . |
| 8 | It may just be that Clinton is taking advantage of the transition period until he takes over the Presidency to air some personal prejudices and satisfy the grievances of some of his supporters . |
| 9 | They walked back towards the lawn in a procession at the pace of Richard 's small strides until he stumbled over a tussock of grass , admitted that he was tired and accepted a ride on the detective 's shoulders . |
| 10 | Our table , under Harry 's stern gaze , sat solemnly well behaved until he leaned over and uttered the immortal words , ‘ We 're not just going to take this , are we ? ’ |
| 11 | Mrs Condy maintained the business until her son 's education was complete , whereupon he took over . |
| 12 | Smith dismissed speculation he would recruit former Middlesbrough coach David Nish as his right hand man if he took over the hot seat . |
| 13 | She would cut off her right arm and give it to him if he came over with as much as a single bag . |
| 14 | If he came over to them she would have to introduce him , and that thought was enough to bring on near hysteria . |
| 15 | I mean if he keels over and like goes into a coma then I 'm all then I 'm allowed to say what was wrong with him but I mean yeah he did do |
| 16 | It was never properly looked after and could sometimes have as much as two inches of muddy water in it — enough for a child to drown in if he fell over . |
| 17 | ‘ And what if he comes over now ? |
| 18 | This was the first time Minton had sat at the wheel throughout the entire journey and his ineptitude was such that , after repeated jolts and much stalling , Norman saw they would get nowhere unless he took over . |
| 19 | Unless he rode over one , he certainly did no harm to the Russians . ’ |
| 20 | Athelstan was an ‘ emperor ’ ( if he was ) because he ruled over several kingdoms ; the kings of León-Castile in the eleventh and twelfth centuries were sometimes called emperors for a slightly different reason , that they had aspirations to rule over other peoples . |
| 21 | Warehouseman Lee Seary is secretly glad his six-year old son became tired while playing a pike — because he took over and landed a personal best 27 lb specimen . |
| 22 | Because he took over the reins at such a late stage in 1763 Giardini was unable to entice to London either the best Italian singers or a famous composer . |
| 23 | Because he took over his new duties in the close season Love has not had too many opportunities to meet many of the players , but the squad have had two nets at Moray House College , Edinburgh , the last two Fridays and Love has been impressed by the effort put in by the players at these sessions . |
| 24 | till he comes over and wants to know what you 're doing . |
| 25 | While he mulled over his future , Rudd gradually sorted out the handling so that by July 1960 the Type 48 was good enough for Hill to put in a brilliant performance in the British Grand Prix , clawing his way into the lead after losing a third of a lap through stalling on the grid . |
| 26 | Greg went out on the course with Laura about 11 PM and sat at the bleachers on the 18th with a bottle of champagne while he went over his round again . |
| 27 | As soon as they came in from the fishing , John — Augustus left Robinson and his potboy to take the tackle and the satisfactory number of dead char back to the inn while he went over to Hause Point . |
| 28 | ‘ Three weeks sitting in for the regular breakfast show jock on a commercial station there , while he takes over your show here . |
| 29 | The evidence in the two years since he took over at the club suggests Mr O'Neill 's best efforts will be enough to secure promotion from the GM Vauxhall Conference . |
| 30 | Hong Kong 's achievement in Catania has been Simpkin 's first success since he took over the Hong Kong representative side . |