Example sentences of "he [vb past] 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 | If anything , his faith was strengthened in the mid-1950s , as he worked over the past to write his War Memoirs . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In 1952 he took over the captaincy from Michael Barton . |
| 10 | It took Cuckney four years to overcome the financial crisis he encountered when he took over the Crown Agents in 1974 . |
| 11 | In 1441 he took over the work from two Venetian architects and supervised the work for the next three decades . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ] . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Caesar found a census of the population in the Greek script when he took over the camp of the Helvetii ( Bell . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was logical , when he took over the Foundation , to concentrate on dance , and Gulbenkian in Lisbon approved . |
| 19 | It was 1837 that it became Ring & Brymer , an entity retained by Lord Forte when he took over the company in 1962 . |
| 20 | He took over the firm with some very clear ambitions . |
| 21 | Spittals had insisted it should be laid when he took over the office . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He took over the premiership in January 1974 after the Basque separatist organization Euskadi ta Askatasuna ) ( ETA ) had killed his predecessor , Adml. |
| 24 | But only days after he took over the job , he 'd got the fright of his life . |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | The ‘ sloshed ’ friend broke his ankle so as a good turn he took over the driving . |
| 27 | He was , nevertheless , elected to the see of the Auvergne , and he took over the administration of the diocese . |
| 28 | On his father 's death in 1867 he took over the business , and in the 1871 census he was described as ‘ chemist and dealer in foreign stamps ’ . |
| 29 | He took over the business with help from General Motors Holding division and his ‘ silent ’ partner is Mr Michael Banner of L.T. Banner and Co. , of Halnaby Hall , near Croft . |
| 30 | He did not see any sign of the runaway animals but later on that night the local policeman called on him and he took over the task of keeping a look out . |