Example sentences of "[verb] over [coord] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then if you both want to go to the hospital you ca n't somebody will have to be either graciously accept to go over and get the bedroom sorted |
| 2 | Under the state of emergency , the government can take over or direct the operation of public utilities and businesses . |
| 3 | If there are many cable crossovers the loose tension will hardly show and will certainly make the knitting easier , but where there are few cables and a lot of plain knitting the looseness of the plain knitting will take over and make the work look faulty . |
| 4 | The HRD practitioner should explain to the executive managers that the transformation will not occur unless people are feeling so much pain in the present situation that they are motivated to change it ; in the absence of such pain , resistance will take over and make the change difficult or even impossible . |
| 5 | Soccer officialdom , as Mr Clough observed ‘ thought I would take over and run the show . |
| 6 | The Council had been insisted upon by the Benelux countries which , notwithstanding their strong commitment to the cause of integration , wanted a body whose purpose would be to watch over and defend the national interests of the smaller participants . |
| 7 | She managed to make a half turn so that she could see the silver door , because perhaps she could reach out and reach over and grasp the elaborate handle and somehow pull herself out . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd best go over and pass the time of day . |
| 9 | I 'll go over and ask the chap who gave us our instructions yesterday . |
| 10 | To do this he had to lean over and push the bolt firmly into place . |
| 11 | Why did n't he come over and fetch the car then ? |
| 12 | We will enable tenants to apply for Housing Action Trusts to take over and improve the worst estates . |
| 13 | Creditors have applied for a court order to take over and sell the building . |
| 14 | Creditors have applied for a court order to take over and sell the building . |
| 15 | The establishment of two Urban Development Corporations ( UDCs ) to take over and plan the development of the derelict dockland areas of Liverpool and London . |
| 16 | Detroit was paving the way for Mueller to take over and run the whole bloody show from America . |
| 17 | Only one was emphatic that he did not wish his son to take over and have the same hard life as himself . |
| 18 | OSF is now believed to be looking for a commercial partner to take over and productise the technology , which is much-needed within the industry . |
| 19 | At Hastings and at Southport in 1934 , controversy centred around the issue of " Emergency Powers " , i.e. the granting to a future Labour government of " authority to take over or regulate the financial machine , and to put into force any measures that the situation may require for the immediate control or socialization of industry " . |
| 20 | Now was the time the comrades had dreaded , when they would have to move over and allow the company to be managed by the ‘ persons of experience and ability ’ as they had promised in the prospectus . |
| 21 | Particularly when Granny lives in Nairobi , the shades are spattered with Milpar , you have n't bought a bottle of wine since you opened your Mothercare account , the backless negligee is fine so long as you do n't roll over and reveal the stretch marks on what used to be your breasts , and you feel about as compelled to have sex as you feel compelled to have gangrene . |
| 22 | The violence seethed inside him , like milk bubbling in a saucepan , trying to boil over and escape the unendurable heat . |