Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retiring chairman handed over the meeting to the new chairman , John Sharp who , in accepting the post , thanked Dr. Watson for his tireless work on behalf of the Village Association . |
| 2 | The retiring chairman handed over the meeting to the new chairman , John Sharp who , in accepting the post , thanked Dr. Watson for his tireless work on behalf of the Village Association . |
| 3 | Then the runners arrive and the sustained technical difficulty takes over the interest . |
| 4 | Last week the President instructed the Department of Commerce to seek firm proposals from private industry to take over the government 's remote-sensing satellites . |
| 5 | Luqa airfield in September 1940 , shortly after 261 Squadron took over the Hal Far Fighter Flight . |
| 6 | With its demise , British Rail took over the initiative . |
| 7 | We have asked the people who constructed this building to take over the theatre in January until March . |
| 8 | Hazel joined the Company in March 1970 and after a few months took over the role of transport manager , in which capacity she has been responsible for keeping the Company on the move ever since . |
| 9 | Furthermore Mr himself has said to me on more than one occasion that given the history of the situation it 's unlikely that we would get anybody of sane mind to take over the running of the two centres . |
| 10 | Can you really imagine anyone hatching a devious plot to take over the school at his age ? ’ |
| 11 | The tiny scullion squealed and the bucket clattered to the floor , staying upright but letting some of its glutinous contents slop over the side . |
| 12 | What he thought he needed was someone with the public fame to take over the leadership and to hold a candle to the great names of Lloyd George , Austen Chamberlain , Churchill , Birkenhead and Balfour . |
| 13 | The Society of Free Fishermen took over the interests of Newhaven and continued to look after the port for the next two centuries . |
| 14 | People embrace him as an all-conquering hero , but they miss out the fact that a lot of native Americans were butchered along the way before old Whitey took over the country . |
| 15 | Instead of a see-saw process as different regions take over the running , a vicious circle sets in — a process of cumulative causation — by which the places which initially take the lead generate , by that very fact , all kinds of other advantages which make their position unassailable . |
| 16 | At vegetable markets in Kiev old ladies argue over the relative radiation levels found in carrots and cabbage . |
| 17 | ABBERLEY : In a part of Greece , a remote part , a man who kills another man takes over the dead man 's wife . |
| 18 | As regards Monktonhall mineworkers ' consortium , it is encouraging that a group of ex-mineworkers have applied to British Coal to take over the pit , and I hope that they can make a success of it . |
| 19 | The injunction began a saga that was to run for two months , as Virgin scrabbled to find another bank to take over the role played in the lease agreement by Chemical . |
| 20 | Seventy pupils from Clacton County High School took over the council chambers of Tendring District Council at Weeley recently to film their entry for the Citizenship Foundation Youth Parliament Competition . |
| 21 | After 1788 Baldwin took over the development of the Bathwick estate , a project conceived on the most ambitious scale . |
| 22 | The false idea is that French culture took over the leading position of Italy . |
| 23 | Periodically , groups of East German soldiers cross over the Wire , laden with cameras to watch and photograph British soldiers shooting on the ranges . |
| 24 | If a guest loses a key card or another guest takes over the room a new key card with new code punch holes is issued . |
| 25 | The major national breweries themselves began to either acquire or be acquired by non-brewing companies so as to form larger conglomerates such as Allied-Lyons ( formed when Allied Breweries took over the catering group J. Lyons in 1978 ) , Grand Metropolitan ( formed when Grand Met Hotels took over Truman Hanbury and Buxton in 1971 and Watney Mann in 1972 ) and Imperial ( formed when Imperial Tobacco acquired Courage Breweries in 1972 ) . |
| 26 | Larder , who quit as Great Britain 's assistant coach to take over the Chemics , will go to any lengths to help Goulding build on that promising beginning — and bring more success to Widnes in the process . |
| 27 | On one hand , therefore , McElroy is preparing for private companies to take over the reigns of the weather craft ; on the other , he is inviting other countries to become involved in what could be a link only between governments . |
| 28 | New rules to allow private companies to take over the running of key public sector construction projects such as the the Channel Tunnel high-speed rail link , London rail links and major bridge and road projects . |
| 29 | Similar concerns exist over the regulatory systems of control for financial services . |
| 30 | ‘ Your breakfast 's ready , ’ said the second mate taking over the helm . |