Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Superintendent Mercer arrived shortly afterwards and I handed over the key of the Biology Lab to him . " |
| 2 | Reluctantly I handed over the axe and made way for him , then stood , stretching my back . |
| 3 | With a trembling hand I turned over the paper which was face down . |
| 4 | I turned over the ashes , found the glow within the crust , added some kindling and a log , then stood to stretch with my hands in the small of my back because it was aching . |
| 5 | It took several layers of slightly thinned fold acrylic paint to get the effect I wanted , then , as the final touch , I worked over the parts I have previously painted red , now visible only as a dull tonal value within the fold , using well thinned films of the different pearlescent colours . |
| 6 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 7 | The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship . |
| 8 | Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ? |
| 9 | I took over the chair previously occupied by Angus Maude , who since 1979 had carried out the impossible job of overseeing Government information . |
| 10 | I took over the family . |
| 11 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |
| 12 | I took over the poling . |
| 13 | Ever since I took over the tips section in the hallowed pages of ZZAP ! 64 , folks have whinged that most of the pokes are for Reset and Action Replay carts . |
| 14 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 15 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 16 | No — that would be too much to expect , she decided with a pang of misery that made her blink as she turned over the food . |
| 17 | They took her to her stall in the market , demanding she handed over the arms and propaganda they accused her of storing there . |
| 18 | She handed over the pawn ticket . |
| 19 | She handed over the corkscrew . |
| 20 | She handed over the numbers , and said goodbye . |
| 21 | In 1885 she took over the management of the embroidery section of Morris & Company , her father 's firm . |
| 22 | And she was to , she took over the Queen when she out of the country ! |
| 23 | She took over the premises behind the bus station in Middlesbrough ( opposite the car park and along from Macdonalds ) and has hardly looked back . |
| 24 | She took over the phone in a vain attempt to replace Dana , only to admit defeat late on Thursday evening when she was forced , reluctantly , to agree to Myra 's insistence that she wear the wedding gown herself . |
| 25 | But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research . |
| 26 | But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 . |
| 27 | She took over the serving of the tea and cakes and Jenna had the opportunity to study her surreptitiously . |
| 28 | When her brothers joined up in 1914 she took over the running of the Ferry assisted by some local boys who enjoyed the good food that Mrs Stevens provided . |
| 29 | Catherine has sung before — she took over the lead role in the West End musical 42nd Street as a teenager . |
| 30 | Graham Sutherland , opposite a whole page of contacts , enthuses in a 1946 letter : ‘ Your photographs are wonderfully good ; easily the best we have ever had taken , and I can see how important was the time and care which you took over the composition and lighting and the idea … |