Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prince had come over to London to be married — from the house of Anna 's sister who was settled there — he hated every minute of it . |
| 2 | the dinosaur has fallen over . |
| 3 | " God Save Ireland " my mother would exclaim if there was news of world catastrophe on the wireless or the milk threatened to boil over . |
| 4 | It is hoped they will stump up the money needed to take over 10,000 properties in an effort to revive the collapsing housing market . |
| 5 | The computer has taken over . |
| 6 | As Harry Cohn , head of Columbia , said shortly before a heart attack killed him in 1958 : ‘ The lunatics have taken over the asylum . ’ |
| 7 | THE discovery of two kidnapped and executed American civilians sharply increased the tension of the siege of the Papal mission in Panama yesterday , as the Vatican refused to hand over General Manuel Noriega to ‘ the occupying power ’ of the US . |
| 8 | The water was cool and refreshing ; Melissa found it a relief to stretch and exercise her limbs after the hours spent poring over books . |
| 9 | The second and more exciting aspect is that , when it does so , the direction of spin is not affected : if the initial spin was clockwise , it will still be clockwise even after the toy has turned over . |
| 10 | In November 1979 the Iranians had taken over the American Embassy in Teheran and held the staff hostage for 444 days , only releasing them 30 minutes after Carter had left office . |
| 11 | The shepherd tries to win over his young lady with flattery and entices her with gifts of beautiful flowers which , although not practical , are in compliance with the natural setting . |
| 12 | After the fighting had spilled over into Thailand , Thai forces responded with helicopter and fighter-bomber attacks against Khun Sa 's soldiers . |
| 13 | The car had pulled over , then he had heard another car . |
| 14 | To check whether the relative emphases in the programme get carried over into government priorities , we can count the sentences devoted to each topic and see if these relate over time to spending in various areas . |
| 15 | Thus , when in G. Cantor 's ( 1955 ) experiment the subjects had to learn over a series of trials a simultaneous discrimination between faces of the sort shown in fig. 5.2 , the task required them to carry over information from one trial to the next . |
| 16 | When the cashier refused to hand over any money , Mrs Fitchew walked out , apparantly laughing . |
| 17 | A salesman 's ‘ lust for settlement ’ is an important weapon when the haggler goes shopping , but the authors advise haggling over seconds rather than on top-quality goods . |
| 18 | The Scots had come over from Ireland and colonised most of Galloway , Kintyre and Arran . |
| 19 | Now it has emerged that the Scots have taken over one of Merseyside 's finest seagoing treasures . |
| 20 | As it was , however , the administration had taken over responsibility for this war ; and it had to work with what it had , making a just cause as best it could . |
| 21 | The TEC have taken over responsibility for the service in keeping with their aim to encourage commitment to training . |
| 22 | ‘ Anything will as long as the engine keeps ticking over , is n't that a fact ? ’ |
| 23 | Irma La Douce is lightweight entertainment , held down by the off hand commentary of Liz Spenz as the owner of the back street cafe where the plot keeps boiling over . |
| 24 | Science and education may have been on the minds of the panel , but the youngsters preferred to range over topics such as nuclear disarmament and the ethics of energy . |
| 25 | But perhaps the machine has taken over from the individual . |
| 26 | The drills begin to take over … movement by night , how to react to any unexpected encounters en route . |
| 27 | The Beatles had taken over from the Rolling Stones , but Gabriel , used to pop boiling over all around her , did not notice . |
| 28 | The museum had taken over the northern end of the building but the main hall of what had been Damiani 's factory , with its vaulted roof and tunnels , was in semi-derelict condition , leased on occasion to a firm of Iranian-born Jews who dealt in Persian art . |
| 29 | The Reptilons plan to take over the Earth , and the bimbos are up for nasty experimental surgery . |
| 30 | Dennis the Menace has turned over a new leaf — for a week ! |