Example sentences of "be ask [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sunderland 's housing committee is to be asked to take over the property with a view to renting it to a would-be tenant who could buy it outright in future under the right-to-buy scheme . |
| 2 | Parents have in some cases been asked to take over the practice of hearing their children read almost exclusively , either at home or in school . |
| 3 | Swindon Town had a weekend off … but travel to Grimsby tomorrow … amid rumours that Glenn Hoddle has been asked to take over the vacant top job at Bristol City . |
| 4 | Football , and Swindon manager Glenn Hoddle has denied rumours that he 's been asked to take over the vacant top job at Bristol City . |
| 5 | ‘ So , Mr Calder , you were n't really surprised at being asked to take over the job of chairman ? |
| 6 | In 1938 Cranmer was asked to take over the captaincy from Bob Wyatt . |