Example sentences of "[v-ing] [be] [verb] over by " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the first brass mills in the region was set up by Abraham Darby ( q.v. ) in 1702 , but by 1930 the industry was extinct in the area , having been taken over by Birmingham . |
| 2 | The London jewellers Tessiers reopened on 5 November , having been taken over by new owners . |
| 3 | It is a gut reaction to the sense of having been taken over by affluent and alien strangers . |
| 4 | The amendment also provided for the election to public office of independents and candidates put forward by " organizations with recognized representation " , and allowed for the recreation of the post of Prime Minister ( the functions of this post having been taken over by the President in 1979 ) . |
| 5 | Since enamelling was taken over by the west to produce jewels like that which tradition claims was presented to his foundation , New College , Oxford , by William of Wykeham early in the fourteenth century ( fig. 29 ) , enamel has held its own in the embellishment of symbols of high achievement . |