Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the filthy coastal town smelling of fish oil where I 'd taken over the driving . |
| 2 | ‘ And did you bring the hammer , too , where you came chasing over to my cottage ? ’ |
| 3 | The ground was lumpy and bumpy and there was a thistle somewhere that I kept rolling over on to , but I did n't care , I was helpless , and so was he . |
| 4 | I have attended many feminist seminars , workshops and group discussions about language , and there are certain folklinguistic assertions that I have heard over and over again from the ( nonlinguist ) women present . |
| 5 | I felt like saying , I 've got a bloody big pile of rubbish here that I have to go over so I 've put in for overtime . |
| 6 | Remote and isolated , the quarries were remarked on by many an unbelieving traveller in this region which Defoe called ‘ the wildest , most barren and frightful of any that I have passed over in England … |
| 7 | You will probably already know that I have taken over Nick Gibbs as editor of Woodworker magazine . |
| 8 | I am writing to advise that I have taken over the role of Computer Liaison Officer for the Trading Standards Department . |
| 9 | ‘ His engineer would not take over as he had had a full day 's terror , so I volunteered to take over engine control in his place . |
| 10 | Adrienne Ring announced that she has taken over as Chairman of the Publicity Sub-Committee and she asked that all dates of rallies etc be sent to the office as soon as possible . |
| 11 | Umm yes I do have I have n't brought it with me but I do have a book at home that that erm in that showed you know the pieces of fabric that you had left over from doing all this , erm I 've got a pattern that my mother actually used to make things that were very are now very unpopular for my children . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , ’ she said softly , ‘ he said that you want to take over Swift Investments , disinherit him , marry the perfect wife and found a dynasty . ’ |
| 13 | Okay so you do bend over backwards for D K . |
| 14 | Perhaps the biggest insult of all is when they claim that we 've taken over girls ' work ! |
| 15 | ‘ Are n't you pleased that we 've come over to wake you up ? ’ one of the twins asked . |
| 16 | be , it may be that we need to get over to the States , to , to , erm pick up the technical vibes from there , but is the state , er our people in the States are n't in with . |
| 17 | I was putting them round the back and sat thinking about it and I said well we ai n't got no peat , so we had to rush over to Hetford and bought some very good peat , and erm , by the time I got back and started digging hole for them to go in |
| 18 | But everyone still thought we were being stupid and wacky , so we 've given over . |
| 19 | But everyone still thought we were being stupid and wacky , so we 've given over . |
| 20 | ‘ So we have to hand over the reins of Chester 's to a man whose only interest is money for money 's sake ? ’ she persisted in a low , intense voice , ‘ when anyone can see all the company needs is a re-think of direction , a bit of diversification … ’ |
| 21 | The companies vied with each other to find new settings for the basic story-lines and messages that they had to put over . |
| 22 | A voice that they had heard over and over again as they sat in Keith 's sitting-room . |
| 23 | The town was the capital of the central Afghanistan province of Urozgan , and mujaheddin sources reported that they had taken over the administration of the entire province following the defection of its governor , its chief of police , and Tarin Kot 's garrison of 500 . |
| 24 | The three announced that they had taken over the leadership of the SPLA and accused Garang , who had led the organization since its creation in 1983 , of dictatorial behaviour . |
| 25 | The help facility is very useful , not only for training new users , but also for infrequent users who suddenly find that they have to take over urgent work at short notice . |
| 26 | The three theories are also selective in another way , in the concepts that they choose to prioritize over others . |
| 27 | On the Vienna and Berlin routes every transport had its smattering of adult supervisors , who had to sign a pledge to return immediately they had handed over their charges to the RCM . |
| 28 | Jan. 27 USC broadcasts statement on Radio Mogadishu announcing that it had taken over the government . |
| 29 | Zon International has announced that it has taken over the UK distributorship for Solar lighting products . |
| 30 | What is interesting , however , is that it has taken over ten years to bring about the changes Leonard anticipated . |