Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those full-time farmers who handed over the holding to a family member at the age of 65 years were entitled to a larger state pension . |
| 2 | But it was Arthur G. Tansley ( 1871–1955 ) who took over the leadership of the new approach , proclaiming ecology as the guide to future work in botany in a 1904 paper given to the British Association . |
| 3 | It was Branwell , who suggested that the Harworth parsonage should publish its own magazine , but after the third issue , it was Charlotte who took over the leadership from him . |
| 4 | Chairman Peter Robins , who took over the Sky Blues last November , singled out Curtis 's earnings yesterday claiming : ‘ It is a staggering figure — a staggering sum of money in this day and age . ’ |
| 5 | It was the not fault of my client , that just as the Visitor seemed to be gaining the trust of the young person who is the subject of this enquiry ( she was a child when the case was first brought to their attention as in need of care and protection but is now classed as a young person ) she was transferred because of area reorganisation undertaken in response to changes in government policy , and that the officer who took over the case was hospitalised shortly after she assumed her new duties . |
| 6 | Stapleton — who took over the Valley Parade hot seat in December — confirmed : ‘ Stuart is the manager when I 'm out playing . |
| 7 | Equally forthright is the testimony of Carel Weight who taught with Minton in the Painting School and who took over the Professorship after Rodrigo Moynihan left . |
| 8 | Or , if your previous employer has gone out of business , the Occupational Pensions Advisory Service ( OPAS ) — see below — may be able to tell you who took over the responsibility for payment of pensions . |
| 9 | DAVID FRENCH is the man who took over the Marriage Guidance Council , renamed it Relate and persuaded the Princess of Wales to become its patron , thus demonstrating that he was both tough and persuasive . |
| 10 | Company For Henry look like the original lunatics who took over the asylum — all shaven heads and murderous expressions . |
| 11 | Bertrand Russell , who took over the chairmanship of the NCF when Allen was jailed , later remarked : ‘ In some men the habit of standing out against the herd had become so ingrained that they could not co-operate with anybody about anything . ’ |
| 12 | Another Florentine nobleman , Jacopo Corsi , who took over the role of patron of the camerata when Bardi left for Rome , composed two numbers for Dafne , a tiny aria for Apollo and a unison coro finale , which have survived , but these are hardly in a nuova maniera . |
| 13 | This was privately admitted by senior officers who took over the running of the fund two years ago , and after an inquiry by the Charity Commission more than £3,000 was repaid from regimental funds . |
| 14 | I would also like to pay tribute to the Chairmen of the Council 's other Committees and in particular to who took over the chair of the Policy Review Committee in May 1990 . |
| 15 | He may not be able to call upon the driver who took over the car to support his defence and to help him discharge the balance of probabilities in his favour , because that driver would not want to expose himself to the criminal charges of aggravated car theft . |
| 16 | Thomas Brod , the current owner who took over the business started by his father in 1954 , referred to a lack of passing trade . |
| 17 | Gordon Welchman in The Hut Six Story tells an amusing yarn about the man who took over the administration of the ‘ highly intelligent female staff ’ of the Decoding Room and the Registration Room , and whom I grew to know quite well : |
| 18 | He was opposed by at least one cleric , Proculus , who took over the administration of the diocese , and scarcely allowed the bishop enough to eat . |
| 19 | A group of eight armed civilians who took over the radio station in Antananarivo , the capital , on July 29 surrendered to the armed forces after they failed to win popular support . |
| 20 | An ’ we now know he wuz the Triad connection , the one who took over the sect an' corrupted it . ’ |
| 21 | Only occasionally was there any doubt that they would win , however , particularly as David Phillips , who took over the kicking on the early retirement of Brian Bolderson , kicked only one of four penalty chances for Newport . |
| 22 | For Plato in a marvellous metaphor ( Republic 488 ) Demos was a huge , deaf old sea-captain , drugged and overpowered by ignorant riff-raff who take over the wheel themselves — true , except for the word ‘ ignorant ’ . |