Example sentences of "had [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gurder had turned over the leadership of the Stationeri to Nisodemus . |
| 2 | The fact that John had handed over the reins of power to Miss Doris and Mr Smith seemed a great honour but his stipulation that they should keep and maintain the name and reputation of the business so long as it was possible to do so proved a massive task for them in later years . |
| 3 | They were speaking minutes after Greenwich mayor Brian O'Sullivan had handed over the safety certificate to Charlton chairman Roger Alwen . |
| 4 | But as well as indicating strong loyalist sympathies in the town , he had to inform that these were evidently not shared by Bruce 's own nephew , the new Earl of Carrick , Edward Bruce 's second son , who was lord there now and had handed over the castle , with his allegiance , to the usurper . |
| 5 | Once clear of the cloud , she had handed over the controls to him and taught him how to use the power and propeller pitch levers , how to bank the plane sharply , how to descend and climb with power and nose attitude . |
| 6 | All the same , he was in no doubt that Matthew Glynn had handed over the contents of the cardboard box to Swayne with a view to some sort of deal . |
| 7 | The explosions were now occurring in the area they had just evacuated , probably inflicting casualties on the British troops who had taken over the German trenches . |
| 8 | The year before Mountbatten died he had taken over the reins of the United World Colleges ( UWC ) from his great-uncle . |
| 9 | Charles had taken over the role of president determined to make a positive contribution . |
| 10 | It was clear , too , that Kanhai , who had taken over the leadership from Sobers , was coming to the end of his career and that whoever took over from him would have the opportunity for an extended run in the job if he were successful . |
| 11 | Lamb had taken over the Northamptonshire leadership the previous season and had shown himself enthusiastic if inexperienced , but had then missed a good deal of the season through injury . |
| 12 | There was the young woman and her baby who had moved into the space above the coach-house , and there was the noisy couple from Luton who had taken over the empty servants ' quarters up the back stairs . |
| 13 | This plan was given a cautious welcome by the Social Democratic and Labour Party , led by Gerry Fitt , John Hume , and Paddy Devlin , which had taken over the leadership of ‘ constitutional ’ nationalist opinion . |
| 14 | The simultaneous news that the Commander in Chief of the Army , von Brauchitsch , had been relieved of his duties and that Hitler himself had taken over the direct military leadership of the army , together with the undeniable fact that the German advance had come to a halt and the Soviet counter-attack close to Moscow could only be staved off with partial retreats , and , not least , the entry of the United States into the war , combined to produce the first major shock to the German population during the Second World War . |
| 15 | In November 1979 the Iranians had taken over the American Embassy in Teheran and held the staff hostage for 444 days , only releasing them 30 minutes after Carter had left office . |
| 16 | The couple had taken over the shop six years previously and had achieved a healthy profit through hard work . |
| 17 | The museum had taken over the northern end of the building but the main hall of what had been Damiani 's factory , with its vaulted roof and tunnels , was in semi-derelict condition , leased on occasion to a firm of Iranian-born Jews who dealt in Persian art . |
| 18 | Tweed had taken over the wheel from Paula . |
| 19 | He was born in Leeds in 1789 and trained as an architect , but by 1830 had taken over the fight against child abuses from Robert Owen ( q.v. ) , and conducted a vigorous campaign for a ten-hour day , which only succeeded in 1847 with the passing of the Ten Hour Bill limiting the working hours of all those aged up to eighteen . |
| 20 | Meanwhile Lucy cloistered herself in her rooms to avoid the ghastly plague of badgers which , she was informed , had taken over the countryside . |
| 21 | When it reappeared in December , Index had taken over the printing — and Gutenberg 's technology was to rule for the next 12 years . |
| 22 | After the execution of Xavier de Chavigny , the German High Command had taken over the house and gardens at St-Cloud and used the beautiful late-seventeenth-century mansion to quarter troops . |
| 23 | She had taken over the caravan and his life . |
| 24 | Deacon had taken over the head of the formation as the leader 's R/T was not working , and calling a warning to the other pilots , he swung into the attack on one Messerschmitt from the quarter position , breaking away to attack a second similarly , though in neither case did he observe any results . |
| 25 | Humans were still doing these jobs : the robots had taken over the skilled elements of the task . |
| 26 | By 1785 , Mary Gifford of The Swan Inn across the street had taken over the ownership of Charles 's house . |
| 27 | The younger generation had taken over the reins . |
| 28 | SWIMMERS were turned away from Colchester Leisure World because a film crew under the direction of Alan Bleasdale had taken over the fitness pool . |
| 29 | As Eleanor 's husband Henry II had taken over the old claim of the Dukes of Aquitaine to be lords of Toulouse . |
| 30 | It was almost the first news story she had taken over the newsroom headphones and she knew the absolute importance of accuracy . |