Example sentences of "[vb past] over the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1684 he turned over the retail side of his business to Francis Saunders and his partner Joseph Knight . |
| 2 | Finally , Ricci got up and walked over to her daughter , who immediately handed over the troublesome hammer . |
| 3 | The Department owes a great deal to Noel Thomas and it is a measure of his success as Chairman that when at the end of the 1989 academic year he handed over the hot seat to Angus Easson , the latter 's first task was one of consolidation . |
| 4 | She handed over the small package , and then ran her gaze once more over the chaos in the office . |
| 5 | Rossini set the words of his theatre librettists happily and so , give or take a few personal quiddities , did the Italian stories , outline and the dictate the treatment , but he handed over the actual versification to Piave , Ghislanzoni , Boito and the rest . |
| 6 | Does my hon. Friend think that the Labour party was acting in the best interests of Britain and of our Baltic friends when , in 1969 , it did a deal with Brezhnev and handed over the Baltic gold ? |
| 7 | He handed over the oozing affair , wiping his fingers on his sweatshirt with ‘ Happiness is a warm pussy ’ printed across it , before holding out his palm and facing away , bored . |
| 8 | But as Ryan Cosgrove handed over the oblong box , a red light flashed and it started ticking . |
| 9 | Although he handed over the active management of his business some time ago to his son , Bill , his keen interest in the affairs of Cessford and in the welfare of his family never flagged . |
| 10 | For five hours he did n't once open his mouth to offer advice or even give an opinion and , when he checked the takings at the end of the day , although we were two shillings and fivepence light from a usual Saturday , he still handed over the sixpenny piece he always gave me at the end of the week . |
| 11 | Still more to the point , were they welcomed by the Melians when they took over the existing settlement at Phylakopi ? |
| 12 | Richard Nixon took over the Oval Office in January , 1969 . |
| 13 | Smith dismissed speculation he would recruit former Middlesbrough coach David Nish as his right hand man if he took over the hot seat . |
| 14 | She joined the Boat Race squad last January and quickly took over the Blue boat . |
| 15 | The Macedonian Assembly elected on March 20 a new government led by Nikola Kljusev , while Blaze Ristovski , Jovan Andonov and Bekir Zuta were elected as Deputy Premiers , Risto Damjanovski became Minister of Defence , and Jordan Mjalkov took over the Interior Ministry . |
| 16 | A new team of managers took over the semi-state-owned bank on May 13th . |
| 17 | Arsenal 's slump since they took over the Premier League leadership on November 7 has been startling , but Graham admitted : ‘ I do n't even think about winning the title . |
| 18 | A large smile took over the small face of Elmer . |
| 19 | When the trust took over the four-storey building in 1987 it was virtually derelict . |
| 20 | The house in Denbigh Terrace , which was his home during and after his marriage to Kristen Tomassi , had been progressively colonised by the office ; Nik Powell took over the first floor ; board meetings were conducted in the lounge ; paperwork spilled into the bedrooms . |
| 21 | Also to be released is Wilton Mkwayi , who took over the overall command of the ANC 's military wing , Umkhonto we Sizwe , after the others were jailed but was himself arrested and jailed for life in 1965 . |
| 22 | Each locomotive then took over the other train of wagons making a slow descent hitched to the back of the train using considerable braking power . |
| 23 | Gerhard Schürer 's post as Chair of the State Planning Commission was abolished and Grünheid took over the new position of Chair of the Economic Committee . |
| 24 | The Board took over the legal aid scheme 's administrative structure and most of the staff . |
| 25 | This was the May Bank holiday scene at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire last year , as 20,000 New Age Travellers took over the ancient common . |
| 26 | From 1466 the company took over the financial management of the garrison , with the mayor of the Staple becoming de facto royal treasurer of the town . |
| 27 | The silver coinage of the late seventh century took over the developing role of gold coin and may be the first true cash in England for commercial transactions . |
| 28 | Florencio Abad , a member of Congress strongly opposed to the continued presence of US bases in the Philippines , took over the Agrarian Reform portfolio and Oscar Orbos took over as Transport and Communications Secretary . |
| 29 | Two days later , on 13 May , shortly before a Christian democrat by the name of Pierre Pflimlin made yet another attempt — as it turned out , successful — to win a vote of confidence in the National Assembly in Paris , a crowd took over the main government building in Algiers . |
| 30 | The cast and crew were situated in the picturesque summer tourist trap of St Ives where they virtually took over the comfortable olde-worlde Tregenna Castle Hotel , while Peckinpah rented a small cottage for himself on the moor . |