Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] to take over the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I did so and , afterwards , Andrew asked me to take over the bulk of the manufacturing for them . ’
2 ‘ I want you to take over the shop . ’
3 What his mate , who has never bothered much with politics , discovers about our police on the one hand and lawyers on the other , forces him to take over the activist role in this tough political thriller .
4 The supervising engineers were naturally unhappy and only his promise to catch up — and his reputation to back such a promise — prevented the companies from operating the clauses that allowed them to take over the work and reassign it .
5 When the headmistress , with some guilt , asked her to take over the school 's unpopular Commonwealth Society she rolled up her sleeves and cleaned out the dusty room that had been hung with torn posters depicting ‘ Tea-picking in Ceylon , ‘ Coffee Growing in Kenya , ’ and ‘ Sheep Farming in Australia . ’
6 A local authority issued a compulsory purchase order on a house and a notice of entry which enabled them to take over the premises after 14 days .
7 contracts for machinery and equipment were primarily awarded to foreign firms at overvalued prices , even when the items were available in Nigeria , and that the training of the Nigerian staff in the project was insufficient to enable it to take over the project ( p.71 )
8 The Regent desired him , as proposer of the scheme , and as having already served with the Earl of Dunbar , to accompany Sir Simon Fraser down to the Earl 's camp near Berwick , there to help that man inform Dunbar of the decisions made and to assist in convincing him to take over the keepership of Berwick Castle .
9 Just before I went on my first furlough after five years ' service , the Bishop of Rangoon , Norman Tubbs , called me and told me that on my return from furlough he wanted me to take over the training of the Burmese clergy .
10 Which is why I wanted you to take over the investigation from young Ebert .
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