Example sentences of "have been [verb] over by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The narrator , returning to the box shortly afterwards , finds that the signalman has been run over by a train . |
| 2 | Since then Stanley has been taken over by Ward White , Harris by James Gulliver 's Lowndes , and Ward White has been taken over by Boots . |
| 3 | Since then Stanley has been taken over by Ward White , Harris by James Gulliver 's Lowndes , and Ward White has been taken over by Boots . |
| 4 | The Ford New Holland dealership in the Taunton , Somerset , area has been taken over by Jewells , part of the Kellands group . |
| 5 | Since then , it has been taken over by the firm of Heber , who specialise in high tech electronics research . |
| 6 | Imagine that when you come home from a holiday , your house has been taken over by squatters . |
| 7 | TAP ( Training Access Points ) systems of user-friendly computer terminals located in libraries , shopping centres , careers offices and businesses — has been taken over by the TEC and is the focal point of a marketing campaign to extend career opportunities . |
| 8 | She withdrew because her case has been taken over by the local authority , her solicitor Alistair Babbington said . |
| 9 | Until 1976 the Commission had responsibility for England , Wales and Scotland , but thereafter its role in the latter countries has been taken over by the Welsh and Scottish Development Agencies ( Carney and Hudson 1978 , 1979 ) . |
| 10 | Another revealed that the last of the Callanish eagles was gone for ‘ that place too has been taken over by Men who put to death what eagles they find . |
| 11 | Perhaps the company has been taken over by a larger group which is not interested in building it tip . |
| 12 | Scotland 's last independent whisky company Invergordon has been taken over by American rivals Whyte and Mackay . |
| 13 | In other words , as a result of the sale , the vendor 's business has been taken over by and is being conducted by the purchaser to the exclusion of the vendor . |
| 14 | Sue Rorstad , who built up her Poppies firm into one of the region 's most successful companies , says the town has been taken over by drunks and thieves . |
| 15 | EASTMAN Ross , the Aberdeen-based oil industry supplier , has been taken over by Kingswood Fluid Power Group . |
| 16 | The shop , of 998 sq ft on two floors , has been taken over by Fols Ladiesware , who paid a premium close to the asking figure of £7,500 , with the rental being £11,000 per annum . |
| 17 | Has been taken over by a stagecoach . |
| 18 | Rayleen did n't find anything else broken , though she seemed convinced I 'd been run over by a steamroller . |
| 19 | We thought he 'd been knocked over by a hit and run driver . ’ |
| 20 | It may be that Britain has overemphasised the potential benefits of free trade ; that she has actually benefited from the protectionist philosophy which permeates the EEC ; that being a member of a cohesive new power bloc is what has counted ; that the ‘ fight ’ with the Americans over agricultural matters is a case in point ; that had she been on her own , Britain would have been trampled over by her cousins on the other side of the Atlantic . |
| 21 | 2.27 There must also be a discount for the uncertainties of life : the fact that the deceased might have been run over by another bus on the following day or that he was involved in a particularly hazardous occupation . |
| 22 | If I 'd been standing here fifteen years ago I 'd have been run over by now because there were four lanes of traffic running around here . |
| 23 | One of the first brass mills in the region was set up by Abraham Darby ( q.v. ) in 1702 , but by 1930 the industry was extinct in the area , having been taken over by Birmingham . |
| 24 | The London jewellers Tessiers reopened on 5 November , having been taken over by new owners . |
| 25 | It is a gut reaction to the sense of having been taken over by affluent and alien strangers . |
| 26 | The amendment also provided for the election to public office of independents and candidates put forward by " organizations with recognized representation " , and allowed for the recreation of the post of Prime Minister ( the functions of this post having been taken over by the President in 1979 ) . |
| 27 | The only real difference is that it now seems to have been taken over by the 22 clubs who , having escaped Football League control , no longer find their pursuit of commercial success frustrated by the decisive voting power of their poor relations . |
| 28 | She blinked and looked demurely down at the grey and red carpet which squelched across the floor like a rabbit that had been run over by a lorry . |
| 29 | I gave myself a brisk tub down with a towel — when I saw it in daylight it looked as though it had been run over by a lorry on a muddy building site — and changed every stitch of clothing . |
| 30 | This bought another East End brewery into the family tree , the Wenlock Brewery , in Wenlock Road , Shoreditch , just off the City Road , which had been taken over by Bass in 1961 and closed the following year . |