Example sentences of "have [be] [verb] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | JAMES FULLER has been appointed to take over from John Hammond as general manager , JS restaurants , with full profit responsibility for the JS coffee shop business . |
| 2 | His death comes amid a widening split in the party between his loyalists and supporters of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , who leads a coalition government led by the PML and has been trying to take over the party leadership . |
| 3 | ABPC has been formed to take over from the project 's original partners , Total , Petrofina , LASMO , Inpex and the Syrian Petroleum Company — all of whom are shareholders in the new organisation . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When someone has been asked to make over on death whatever remains of an inheritance , and from the price of objects sold buys other objects , he is not regarded as having diminished [ the estate ] in respect of the objects sold … but the objects thus bought should be made over in place of the ownership which has changed … . |
| 6 | ‘ She confirmed what she has been attempting to gloss over in her bid to become deputy leader — that she is still as left wing as ever … a unilateralist in the mould of Tony Benn himself . |
| 7 | Over the past few weeks , Kenneth 's every waking moment has been spent poring over his medical books , phoning oncologists , pathologists and an assortment of scientists , asking for explanations and information on the subject of malignant lymphoma . |
| 8 | Although my churchgoing is confined usually to weddings and funerals , there are times when I am certain that one guardian angel at least has been detailed to watch over my welfare . |
| 9 | It is understood that British Petroleum chairman , Sir Peter Walters has been shortlisted to take over the job . |
| 10 | If the binder has gone to town with his gilt on the outside , he may well have been tempted to spill over onto the inside edges , giving pleasant lacy-patterned borders to the paste-down , usually termed ‘ inside dentelles ’ . |
| 11 | She had never so much resented having been made to take over responsibility for the dog from old Adam , who had been used to walk him , than on that day . |
| 12 | It was reported on Dec. 30 that Carlos Vera had been appointed to take over Zambrano 's portfolio . |
| 13 | Under new powers , also approved on June 26 , the Serbian Assembly had been empowered to take over the affairs of the Kosovo Assembly and of other official bodies , and to suspend troublemakers . |
| 14 | Willie had already helped paint the scenery but had been asked to take over as prompter when Matthew Browne had been suddenly whisked off to boarding school . |
| 15 | Harry 's own half-formed suspicions tended to focus on him because Clare Mallender had been seen mooning over his photograph at the Skein of Geese two weeks before her death . |
| 16 | We have met the terms of the loan , ’ Mr Cross said , answering widespread speculation that Mr Bond , whose commercial empire is troubled , had been forced to hand over the painting to Sotheby 's for resale . |
| 17 | And there was a new outpouring of rumours about Hitler 's health : that he was ill , mad , blind , had suffered a nervous breakdown , or that as a result of mental illness he had been forced to hand over the leadership of the State to the military , and had been shot . |
| 18 | The others had all been chosen by party colleagues in order to replace leaders who had been forced to resign over issues of mismanagement . |
| 19 | Debbie Raymond , who was one of Britain 's richest women , had been groomed to take over her father 's £80ma-year business . |
| 20 | Debbie Raymond who called herself the Princess of Porn was one of Britain 's richest women and had been groomed to take over her father 's £80m-a-year business . |
| 21 | The canals of the area had been allowed to deteriorate over many years and for many months of each year could not carry full loads . |
| 22 | Zaria , a relatively new old friend , had been persuaded to stay over that Sunday night as I had convinced her I was missing my faithful feline companion Springsteen , who was back in Hackney guarding the flat we shared . |
| 23 | The stool on which the boy had been sitting tipped over and hit the floor with a loud crash . |
| 24 | Yes it 's it 's it was one of the er advertisements or programmes that went out on radio er again this is why I 've been trying to get over to people the sad things that have to happen to animals . |
| 25 | Lithological units of 100 feet or less in the Permian of western Canada , have been shown to persist over areas up to 180 000 square miles . |
| 26 | By comparison with other videoconferencing systems ( which have been known to take over whole rooms ) the surprisingly compact desktop VC7000 looks basic , but allows small groups of people to see each other and show documents and objects regardless of their location . |
| 27 | Maggot farm odours , to mention but one source , have been known to spread over several miles and affect up to 20,000 people . |
| 28 | CHECK the castle is moored securely to the ground and never use it in high winds or wet weather as they have been known to slip over and wet slippery surfaces can be dangerous . |
| 29 | Football , and Swindon manager Glenn Hoddle has denied rumours that he 's been asked to take over the vacant top job at Bristol City . |