Example sentences of "[num] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Presidents of Yugoslavia 's six constituent republics took over from the federal presidency the principal role in negotiating Yugoslavia 's future when they began on March 28 a series of weekly summit meetings . |
| 2 | ‘ Sadly there is n't a venue in England yet 1,200 British fans came over to cheer me on at The Hague in Holland recently . ’ |
| 3 | Police said three armed men took over a house at Garvagh Road , Dungiven , last night and hijacked a white Transit van which they abandoned with the bomb on board . |
| 4 | Police said three armed men took over a house at Garvagh Road , Dungiven , last night and hijacked a white Transit van which they abandoned with the bomb on board . |
| 5 | On Jan. 11 Cambodian officials turned over to the USA remains thought to be those of two US servicemen killed during the Vietnam war . |
| 6 | On Dec. 31 , 1989 , Aquino announced sweeping Cabinet changes in an attempt to deal with some of the charges made against her by the rebel soldiers , with nine new appointees taking over key government posts [ see p. 37121 ] . |
| 7 | In The Wrench he creates the rigger Faussone , the practical man whose cranes girdle the world and who keeps returning , a little heavy-footed , to the house in Turin where two old aunts fuss over his welfare : Faussone was spoken of as ‘ my alter ego ’ , and the book has to struggle to accommodate him as a second person , available for interview by Levi . |
| 8 | Two French Commandos take over and carry their wounded comrade the remaining part of the way ; he manages a smile as they pick him up . |
| 9 | FOUR would-be killers took over Ulster Tory Lawrence Kennedy 's home but were thwarted by his wife pressing a secret alarm button , Belfast Crown Court has heard . |
| 10 | In a transaction that has never fully been explained , and to this day baffles Baxter , the two Scottish players handed over counterfeit Canadian dollars , and within hours were facing police accusations that they were involved in a forgery ring . |
| 11 | That night , Dot was to sleep on two extra blankets folded over to make a thin mattress for he , the man , would be in the bed where Dot used to sleep . |
| 12 | Having coded the behaviour , a simple pairwise correlation analysis for 50 variables gives a matrix of 1225 unique combinations to mull over : a psychological Rubik cube to be twisted and turned in the grim hope that some sort of pattern will emerge . |
| 13 | Two key questions remain over the entire affair . |
| 14 | Interesting comparisons there should be here between two Wagnerian divas moving over into the Strauss Fach , with special attention to the Four Last Songs , both recorded live at concerts , but there is no contest . |
| 15 | It was fairly quiet , just one or two elderly men conversing over a pint . |
| 16 | Not many wives would be happy to watch two other women fighting over her husband but Chris Broughton , receptionist at Torness , found it hilarious . |
| 17 | All of this means that in the past year Schnabel has applied paint and might one hope quality thought time ? to an area as big as a standard tennis court with 400 square feet left over . |