Example sentences of "she [verb] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No — that would be too much to expect , she decided with a pang of misery that made her blink as she turned over the food .
2 She handed over the pawn ticket .
3 She handed over the corkscrew .
4 In 1885 she took over the management of the embroidery section of Morris & Company , her father 's firm .
5 And she was to , she took over the Queen when she out of the country !
6 She took over the phone in a vain attempt to replace Dana , only to admit defeat late on Thursday evening when she was forced , reluctantly , to agree to Myra 's insistence that she wear the wedding gown herself .
7 But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research .
8 But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 .
9 She took over the serving of the tea and cakes and Jenna had the opportunity to study her surreptitiously .
10 When her brothers joined up in 1914 she took over the running of the Ferry assisted by some local boys who enjoyed the good food that Mrs Stevens provided .
11 Catherine has sung before — she took over the lead role in the West End musical 42nd Street as a teenager .
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