Example sentences of "[verb] in [coord] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The newcomer moved behind the desk as if he had every right simply to walk in and take over . |
| 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 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | When was the first time you were in the dark , locked in and taken over by someone else ? |
| 8 | He had walked in and taken over and the marvel man had come up with nothing . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I marched in and strode over towards his desk . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | You know , like acrobats do , head tucked in and roll over . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | It is at these times that fate may appear to step in and take over the proceedings . |
| 17 | Andy Stanley comes in and takes over as captain … |