Example sentences of "[pron] to take over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The current NCT representative on the ( wait for it ) West Midlands Regional Health Authority 's Health Promotion Group 's Ante-Natal Care Action Group ( what a mouthful ) is about to retire and is looking for someone to take over . |
| 2 | Filan , 22 , is having trials at The Dell as manager Ian Branfoot searches for someone to take over from Andrews — granted his request for a transfer this week . |
| 3 | And so , when the manager gets to 60 or so and is given his carriage clock and company pension ( if he is lucky ) , there is somebody to take over who knows the right people and can do the right things . |
| 4 | Er you probably do n't do it erm you know er so brazenly probably the back of your mind but again key staff , you are key staff er yeah if you actually prepare somebody to take over your job when you 're not there sort of thing . |
| 5 | ‘ From January I want you to take over the ‘ breaking ’ side of the business . |
| 6 | Which is why I wanted you to take over the investigation from young Ebert . |
| 7 | ‘ You know Harry Stearns wants you to take over ‘ Lighting-Up Time ’ and ‘ Phases of the Moon , ’ John ? ’ said Gareth Holmroyd . |
| 8 | ‘ I want you to take over from Nurse Calvert when they 've finished in Room G with Mrs Cole . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I wondered if perhaps he was training you to take over from him , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ I want you to take over the shop . ’ |
| 11 | Cos I 've got something to take over , you might as well take them over . |
| 12 | ‘ That 'll be the day when you allow anybody to take over . |
| 13 | No , no , if you got called away there would n't be anybody to take over until the next relief if , if the man was coming up the dock with two yo yo well you would n't be able to get in touch with him either . |
| 14 | What his mate , who has never bothered much with politics , discovers about our police on the one hand and lawyers on the other , forces him to take over the activist role in this tough political thriller . |
| 15 | It will also make it easier when you and I recommend him to take over from Sanders when we pull it back to Detroit . |
| 16 | The Regent desired him , as proposer of the scheme , and as having already served with the Earl of Dunbar , to accompany Sir Simon Fraser down to the Earl 's camp near Berwick , there to help that man inform Dunbar of the decisions made and to assist in convincing him to take over the keepership of Berwick Castle . |
| 17 | The prince had asked him to take over a small present ; Simon had stuck it in a pocket and thought no more about it , only when he saw Constanza he decided to deliver it in person . |
| 18 | Great-Uncle Isaac at Dummah Hill , where Father was living and working , was kin to the brothers so an arrangement was made for him to take over the land . |
| 19 | Siward was probably already one of the richest men in Scandinavian York , as well as a useful war-leader and a forthright advisor to Canute and his heirs by the time it occurred to the Lady Emma that she might do worse than encourage him to take over Northumbria . |
| 20 | Were a seller to accept such an indemnity he would probably want to add further clauses requiring the buyer to give prompt notification of such claims , to permit him to take over conduct of the claim , not to admit liability , and to render him any necessary assistance in contesting the claim . |
| 21 | And that , he hopes , will enable him to take over the top ten ratings the Yorkshireman holds with two of the four recognised world governing bodies the WBO and WBC . |
| 22 | When the headmistress , with some guilt , asked her to take over the school 's unpopular Commonwealth Society she rolled up her sleeves and cleaned out the dusty room that had been hung with torn posters depicting ‘ Tea-picking in Ceylon , ‘ Coffee Growing in Kenya , ’ and ‘ Sheep Farming in Australia . ’ |
| 23 | Betsy suggested that the best solution to the problem would be for her to take over command of Clytus and continue trading . |
| 24 | Although the older sister lived away , she travelled to stay with her sister occasionally and during one visit , after she made her allegations in a family meeting which she had joined , the counsellor asked her to take over the caring role for the final week of her stay so that her sister could actually see how it should be done . |
| 25 | But the whole point of Pam being there , my being fostered , was if I could n't cope was for her to take over . |
| 26 | It used to get to the point where I was completely shattered but I would n't ask her to take over and yet she would n't offer . |
| 27 | Was this his way of asking her to take over Lotta 's place in his life ? |
| 28 | And you must n't allow her to take over your emotions . |
| 29 | contracts for machinery and equipment were primarily awarded to foreign firms at overvalued prices , even when the items were available in Nigeria , and that the training of the Nigerian staff in the project was insufficient to enable it to take over the project ( p.71 ) |
| 30 | This would enable it to take over from more polluting plant , and ensure the expansion of electricity exports to England , on which the Scottish power industry depends . |