Example sentences of "who [verb] [to-vb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would go to see Joseph Fouché personally , and explain the position to him : that he had uncovered a massive international conspiracy of Jews who planned to take over the whole of Europe . |
| 2 | A woman who tried to take over Swindon Town Football Club has been giving evidence against the former manager Lou Macari , who 's on trial for tax fraud . |
| 3 | And beware of those who want to take over the organiser 's job . |
| 4 | For example , if his company has unwelcome suitors who want to take over , or his activities in the Third World are threatening home sales . |
| 5 | We finished our shift at 8 and he was going at 9 , but at 8 , instead of the usual people who came to take over from us , the managing director of the company and his next-door neighbour came in their golfing clothes to pick up whatever tip was being given and we were told to push off . |
| 6 | She looked at Mairi , who happened to glance over and catch her eye ; and the woman howled and started to moan at the very sight of the wee lass . |
| 7 | Instead of the children being the monsters , the parents become the monsters who threaten to take over and exact revenge . |
| 8 | Landlords who wish to take over public sector dwellings have first to seek the approval of the Housing Corporation which has set out the criteria for approval in some detail . |
| 9 | He was threatening to dis-honour anyone who refused to come over to him : in other words , the price of continued loyalty to Charles would be loss of estates granted by previous kings ( whether as benefices or as lands associated with office-holding ) . |
| 10 | Why did Angelica Kauffman return so often to the image of Penelope , wife of Ulysses mother of Telemachus , who was abandoned by her husband when he went off to fight the Trojan Wars , and had to fend off a pack of vulture-like suitors who wanted to take over Ulysses ' estate , wealth and derelict wife . |
| 11 | ‘ This declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers who have to take over the jobs of those who have emigrated , ’ and ‘ Why do we have to wait till the next central committee meeting ? ’ were other grumbles . |