Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , the banks are slowly slipping over a cliff . |
| 2 | In recent years the seedsmen and the chemical companies ( the latter are rapidly taking over the former ) have been producing new varieties of hybrid seeds , fertilizers , herbicides , pesticides , and fungicides , which together have made continuous monocropping feasible . |
| 3 | The Japanese are now taking over the manufacture of the machines as you can imagine , and so that 's the end of it for the , the |
| 4 | Oh right erm to be honest I do n't , the guy who set all that up has moved company , I 'm just taking over the , the care of them really , unless erm Mr said anything , erm erm , yes if you would , er just hang on a minute , erm he 's got someone in |
| 5 | This duty was helped by the fact that the general hospital units being built up in the London catchment area were already taking over the functions of the asylums . |
| 6 | ‘ Caroline and I were simply arguing over an appropriate bedtime for you . ’ |
| 7 | A baker who has n't had a day off sick in three quarters of a century is still slaving over a hot stove at the age of ( 87 ) eighty-seven . |
| 8 | Paladino , 27 , runs a taxi business by day , becomes a club bouncer at night and is currently thinking over an offer from Midlands promoter Ron Gray to turn pro in the boxing game ! |
| 9 | She had come to London to take control of her own life , and now she was meekly handing over the reins to this man who was almost a stranger . |