Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is why I wanted you to take over the investigation from young Ebert . |
| 2 | ‘ I want you to take over the shop . ’ |
| 3 | He probably thought a financial adviser was someone who told you to hand over the wallet or you 'd get your throat cut . |
| 4 | Great-Uncle Isaac at Dummah Hill , where Father was living and working , was kin to the brothers so an arrangement was made for him to take over the land . |
| 5 | What his mate , who has never bothered much with politics , discovers about our police on the one hand and lawyers on the other , forces him to take over the activist role in this tough political thriller . |
| 6 | The Regent desired him , as proposer of the scheme , and as having already served with the Earl of Dunbar , to accompany Sir Simon Fraser down to the Earl 's camp near Berwick , there to help that man inform Dunbar of the decisions made and to assist in convincing him to take over the keepership of Berwick Castle . |
| 7 | When the headmistress , with some guilt , asked her to take over the school 's unpopular Commonwealth Society she rolled up her sleeves and cleaned out the dusty room that had been hung with torn posters depicting ‘ Tea-picking in Ceylon , ‘ Coffee Growing in Kenya , ’ and ‘ Sheep Farming in Australia . ’ |
| 8 | Could he use his influence with the Secretary of State for Defence to persuade him to hand over the Ministry of Defence buildings so that the money that the Scottish Office has allocated is not used to pay for them ? |
| 9 | French law has forced him to hand over the helms of Adidas and Bernard Tapie Finance , but he said : ‘ My new post is not incompatible with the presidency of Marseille . |
| 10 | contracts for machinery and equipment were primarily awarded to foreign firms at overvalued prices , even when the items were available in Nigeria , and that the training of the Nigerian staff in the project was insufficient to enable it to take over the project ( p.71 ) |
| 11 | A local authority issued a compulsory purchase order on a house and a notice of entry which enabled them to take over the premises after 14 days . |
| 12 | The supervising engineers were naturally unhappy and only his promise to catch up — and his reputation to back such a promise — prevented the companies from operating the clauses that allowed them to take over the work and reassign it . |
| 13 | Grandmothers were an integral part of life and so , when the mass emigrations began , it seemed perfectly right and natural for them to take over the running of the families left behind . |
| 14 | I did so and , afterwards , Andrew asked me to take over the bulk of the manufacturing for them . ’ |
| 15 | Just before I went on my first furlough after five years ' service , the Bishop of Rangoon , Norman Tubbs , called me and told me that on my return from furlough he wanted me to take over the training of the Burmese clergy . |