Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enticing private enterprise to take over the American Landsat remote-sensing system is fairly easy to understand . |
| 2 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that just this afternoon I had the idea of getting poor old Eddy to come over to the Gates and tell me something about himself … |
| 3 | The ‘ plot ’ now becomes purely a matter of voice , whereas in such works as Giles Goat-Boy ( 1966 ) , Chimera ( 1972 ) , and in other parts of Lost in the Funhouse Barth draws on ancient mythical patterns to write over . |
| 4 | The only complete family to come over on a Kindertransport was the Alperns — Leo and Adele and their children Heinrich , Anita , Sonja and Irena . |
| 5 | They required a large number of available sons and daughters , but there was no shortage of these , and hence — unlike among the French peasantry which required one and only one heir to take over the family holding — no strong incentive to birth control , except among the poor and struggling lower middle class . |
| 6 | The announcement of his departure came just one day after Barclays revealed that it is to look outside the bank for a new chief executive to take over some of the powers presently held by chairman and chief executive , Andrew Buxton . |