Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 2 | I DECIDED to hand over a half share in my bungalow to my daughter now , and leave the other half share in my will to my grandchildren . |
| 3 | ‘ I had to jump over a hedge , ’ she said , ‘ and I tore my bloomers . ’ |
| 4 | If we had to play over a m7♭5 chord , I would use a Locrian scale . |
| 5 | They attempted to take over the city ; for three days they fought the Viet Minh , and in the cross-fire Lieutenant-Colonel Dewey of OSS was shot dead . |
| 6 | Driving with considerable power , he failed to get over a ball of fullish length , giving Wessels a stinging catch at mid-on . |
| 7 | He declined to hand over the cash , no matter what was threatened , and he was too good a salesman to be sacked , so the dealing manager yelled over to the accounts clerk : " Deduct £50 from his month 's wages . " |
| 8 | He managed to put over a fairly complex argument in a brilliantly simple way . ’ |
| 9 | Elsham signalbox is situated in a very remote part of the Lincolnshire countryside and thus evokes more strange happenings that baffled John Daubney when he had to take over the box as a relief signalman . |
| 10 | Ambitious beyond the wildest dreams of the banana or the humble plum , it attempted to take over the world . |