Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 If machines could be taught to plan over a chessboard , maybe they could do it in a factory as well .
2 Queenie , come up to my office right away will you , I want to go over a mistake in the takings .
3 DRIVER Ian Sharpe reported knocking over a girl and was told by police : ‘ That 's a ghoul . ’
4 ‘ We are glad the owner has handed over the pictures of his own free will rather than selling them on the Western art market . ’
5 More news about Jack is the announcement that he has handed over the reins of the Midland Embalming School to John Davis who , apart from being a trade embalmer has a varied background in nursing , counselling , laboratory work and school teaching .
6 On all three occasions , Stewart has handed over the gloves to Blakey — even though he is clearly a far superior keeper .
7 JACK Lee , whose name will always be associated with the Midland School of Embalming , which he founded just after the war and from which he has trained many hundreds of embalmers the world over , has decided to take more of a ‘ back seat ’ and has handed over the principal 's chair to John Davis , although he will still be ‘ in the wings ’ as an advisory tutor .
8 The EC would then consider taking over the WEU 's functions in 1996-97 ( i.e. before the WEU 's 50-year Brussels Treaty expired in 1998 ) .
9 Souness has taken over a club with financial difficulties .
10 The England skipper has taken over a club founded by one of his predecessors , Nigel Melville .
11 Zon International has announced that it has taken over the UK distributorship for Solar lighting products .
12 Since Jim Henson 's sudden , untimely death his son Brian has taken over the company reins and continues the great tradition by trundling out Kermit as Bob Cratchit , Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit , Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig , Rizzo The Rat as Himself and The Great Gonzo as narrator Mr Dickens .
13 I would hate to have to tell him that a new type of gentleman has taken over the clubs and boardrooms , a man who does not consider dishonesty the property of the criminal classes and who , moreover , believes that the notion of the gentleman is negotiable .
14 The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend .
15 The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend .
16 The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend .
17 To cap it all , the Devil has taken over the church and sits impaled on the spire with a long snaky whip sorting out anyone who 's left .
18 Subsequent of that of course to meet the need we had Stage Directions come into being very vibrant thrusting young people theatre 's company and really what 's happen is that Stage Directions in part anyway has taken over the mantle of the old Harlow youth theatre .
19 Elastogran Polyurethane 's machine construction division , a subsidiary of BASF , has taken over the polyurethane technology product sector of Kloeckner Ferromatik Desma .
20 Mr F. Dunn has taken over the Rail Agency at Ludlow Station .
21 This is because all possible fictions of scientific progress are virtual in present-day technology which has taken over the function of ‘ productive ’ simulation .
22 Neil Gray , a burly farmer from Morrinsville , has taken over the post of All Black manager from John Sturgeon , who was not available .
23 Since the Criminal Law Revision Committee produced its Working Paper , the Crown Prosecution Service has taken over the task of prosecuting from the police .
24 His absence has given a rare opportunity to his deputy and political rival , Zhu Rongji , who has taken over the reins of government .
25 Philip Anderson ( Holywood ) has taken over the reins at Lisnagarvey from Terry Gregg and hopes to emulate the numerous successes achieved there in recent seasons .
26 Ernst Beyeler , doyen of Basel dealers , has taken over the Kunstmuseum and the Kunsthalle to connect paintings with sculpture
27 It is far easier from their point of view if they only need to deal with one entity and they will probably prefer that to be the purchaser as it is the purchaser that has taken over the business .
28 Analyst Judith Hurwitz , now running her own shop , Hurwitz Consulting Group , has taken over the multimedia newsletter Media Letter from Myriad Technologies to add to its own Tool Watch .
29 Meanwhile Svidrigailov has taken over the suicide role , which is to say the blanket boredom has become positively terminal .
30 Now techno has taken over the city .
  Next page