Example sentences of "he [verb] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned over the page . |
| 2 | If nothing else , he 'd want some sort of come-back if we cheated him after he handed over the money . ’ |
| 3 | He would closet himself with a bottle of port and a cigar or pipe , read the end of the previous instalment , and then write the next , drawing his fee when he handed over the text . |
| 4 | The award was presented to the club by Durham CIU vice- president Bill Laverick five years ago as an annual prize and he handed over the trophy at a special ceremony at the club . |
| 5 | And he handed over the letter ( which had creased beautifully in his pocket ) with just the right note of impatient politeness . |
| 6 | ‘ This hunger-striking buffoon sneaks out to eat so he can be well fed when he takes over the presidency , but he is screwed , ’ General Noriega said of his opponent . |
| 7 | Mr Major 's claim to have emerged from the shadow of his predecessor will be tested in July when he takes over the presidency of the EC for six months . |
| 8 | It may just be that Clinton is taking advantage of the transition period until he takes over the Presidency to air some personal prejudices and satisfy the grievances of some of his supporters . |
| 9 | If anything , his faith was strengthened in the mid-1950s , as he worked over the past to write his War Memoirs . |
| 10 | In 1983 he took over the captaincy of Jamaica when Rowe went to South Africa but found it a difficult business , perhaps because he is too quiet and introspective for cricket leadership . |
| 11 | In 1986 he took over the captaincy from Fletcher and led them to their third championship in four years , but early in 1987 he suffered a bad loss of form and the team slipped right down the table . |
| 12 | In 1952 he took over the captaincy from Michael Barton . |
| 13 | It took Cuckney four years to overcome the financial crisis he encountered when he took over the Crown Agents in 1974 . |
| 14 | In 1441 he took over the work from two Venetian architects and supervised the work for the next three decades . |
| 15 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 16 | He began writing for Justice , the weekly paper of the SDF , which first appeared in January 1884 , and two years later he took over the editor 's position from H. M. Hyndman [ q.v . ] . |
| 17 | That application form put him on the ladder , not only to the top of the Japanese profession , but to international recognition — on 1 January this year he took over the chairmanship of the International Accounting Standards Committee . |
| 18 | Bell was a supporter of the oral system , and upon learning of the difficulties faced by the Academy , he took over the teaching of the deaf children in the school for two months until the arrival of a Mr. Jones all the way from the U.S.A. to take over from him . |
| 19 | Caesar found a census of the population in the Greek script when he took over the camp of the Helvetii ( Bell . |
| 20 | In 1984 he took over the occupancy of 84 acres of land near Gosforth in Tyne and Wear which was owned by the Ashdale Land and Property Company . |
| 21 | It was logical , when he took over the Foundation , to concentrate on dance , and Gulbenkian in Lisbon approved . |
| 22 | It was 1837 that it became Ring & Brymer , an entity retained by Lord Forte when he took over the company in 1962 . |
| 23 | He took over the firm with some very clear ambitions . |
| 24 | Spittals had insisted it should be laid when he took over the office . |
| 25 | He took over the health brief with a reputation as a social policy reformer , having previously reviewed the social security system with the aim of making it fairer . |
| 26 | He took over the premiership in January 1974 after the Basque separatist organization Euskadi ta Askatasuna ) ( ETA ) had killed his predecessor , Adml. |
| 27 | But only days after he took over the job , he 'd got the fright of his life . |
| 28 | He loved his ‘ Jocks ’ without a trace of condescension , and when he took over the regiment as lieutenant-colonel in North Africa and Italy , his double-barrelled beer name earned him the affectionate sobriquet of ‘ Colonel Screwtop ’ . |
| 29 | The ‘ sloshed ’ friend broke his ankle so as a good turn he took over the driving . |
| 30 | He was , nevertheless , elected to the see of the Auvergne , and he took over the administration of the diocese . |