Example sentences of "it [verb] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a pity she did not discover that all she needed in the first place to remove the ‘ writer 's cramp ’ was to rest her right elbow on the table when writing instead of letting it hang over the edge without support ! |
| 2 | The exceptional importance of the legislature in the American system is provided for by a constitution that makes Congress the ‘ first ’ branch of government ; endows it with the legislative power ; gives it control over the purse strings ; allows it a considerable role in the making of foreign policy ; and makes senior executive appointments subject to its approval . |
| 3 | If the nucleic acid core enters a living cell , it takes over the metabolism of that cell , so that the viral DNA is copied , and viral coat proteins , coded for by the genes of the virus , are synthesized . |
| 4 | When the virus takes over a cell it takes over the master-plan or system of instruction of that cell and the cell is thereafter directed to reproduce itself with the virus already in command . |
| 5 | Her feet seemed to be rooted to the spot as she saw the pram with baby Donald in it disappear over the bank — too far away for her to stop it . |
| 6 | The problem in cultivating horseradish is not so much how to make it grow well , as to curb its enthusiasm and stop it taking over the garden . |
| 7 | It has sold another £28m of assets and has now pulled in £70m from disposals since it took over the Brookmount property group in August . |
| 8 | In an unbecoming shade of battleship grey undercoat it took over the Museum 's service train for the last two runs on Sunday , May 24 and again on the afternoon of the 25th . |
| 9 | Their common aim is to help introduce a more just and democratic society ; to bring into being the social transformation that was announced by the government as it took over the leadership of the newly independent Zimbabwe in 1980 . |
| 10 | contracts for machinery and equipment were primarily awarded to foreign firms at overvalued prices , even when the items were available in Nigeria , and that the training of the Nigerian staff in the project was insufficient to enable it to take over the project ( p.71 ) |