Example sentences of "i [vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Superintendent Mercer arrived shortly afterwards and I handed over the key of the Biology Lab to him . "
2 Reluctantly I handed over the axe and made way for him , then stood , stretching my back .
3 With a trembling hand I turned over the paper which was face down .
4 I turned over the ashes , found the glow within the crust , added some kindling and a log , then stood to stretch with my hands in the small of my back because it was aching .
5 It took several layers of slightly thinned fold acrylic paint to get the effect I wanted , then , as the final touch , I worked over the parts I have previously painted red , now visible only as a dull tonal value within the fold , using well thinned films of the different pearlescent colours .
6 Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago .
7 The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship .
8 Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ?
9 I took over the chair previously occupied by Angus Maude , who since 1979 had carried out the impossible job of overseeing Government information .
10 I took over the family .
11 And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times .
12 I took over the poling .
13 Ever since I took over the tips section in the hallowed pages of ZZAP ! 64 , folks have whinged that most of the pokes are for Reset and Action Replay carts .
14 ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained .
15 And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley .
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