Example sentences of "over as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bout is over as soon as either contestant achieves that score . |
| 2 | After 16 minutes Graham Roberts was injured by a tackle for which Perry Groves was booked ( Steve Clarke took over as sweeper , and is likely to have several weeks in which to build on a promising display ) . |
| 3 | Withdrawing the bid yesterday , Mr Fitton said the original discussions with Eagle , which was then chaired by Malcolm Stockdale , were amicable , but when company doctor David James took over as chairman of the group last week it was clear any approach would have to be aggressive . |
| 4 | DAVID James , who took over as chairman of Eagle Trust less than two weeks ago , yesterday stamped his mark on the troubled Midlands mini-conglomerate , appointing three new directors and securing the resignations of three others , two of whom were supporters of deposed chairman Malcolm Stockdale . |
| 5 | The first and most important question to mull over as you gaze at your patch is : What is this garden for ? |
| 6 | The minimum loan is £500 , spread over as long as five years . |
| 7 | South Africa 's Administrator-General , Louis Pienaar , had proposed that all ballots be cast in numbered envelopes , which could be traced after the elections , and that the count should be conducted in the capital , Windhoek , over as long as five weeks . |
| 8 | Martin Watts , of Oriel , this year 's coxswain of Isis , the Oxford second crew , takes over as acting president . |
| 9 | Taking over as skipper from the Army 's Lt Col Frank Esson is the yacht 's navigator , the Navy 's Lt Commander , soon to be Commander , Colin Watkins , and the crew is being increased in size from 15 to 16 . |
| 10 | Since taking over as Brazil 's manager on 6 January , Sebastiano Lazaroni has attempted to pull off a transformation that has hitherto seemed impossible in Brazilian football . |
| 11 | I could hear the salvoes going over as Taff got into his trench and indicated that I should get into mine . |
| 12 | Not to worry ; the welcome and conversation soon takes over as you mix with the whole village : small kids , their little old grannies , Lappish reindeer herdsmen and the odd Swedish blonde . |
| 13 | Cecil Parkinson took over as Chairman of the Conservative Party in what proved to be an inspired appointment . |
| 14 | There were meadow browns , small skippers , and even painted ladies flitting among the tall flowering grasses on the canal bank , bending them over as they settled , knocking off the pollen in puffs of fine , yellow mist . |
| 15 | His eyes glaze over as he focuses on the photograph of him with his beloved — Illona Staller , better known as Cicciolina , the Italian porn star turned politician who recently made headlines by offering to let Saddam Hussein ‘ rape ’ her if he freed the hostages being held in the Middle East . |
| 16 | Onions will be ripening in the sun now , and the tops will bend over as they do so . |
| 17 | Sydney Robin , a former deputy chairman at Great Universal Stores and a director at packaging group Lin Pac , will take over as chairman and the search for a new chief executive will begin . |
| 18 | WHEN A CLUB as great as Cardiff fall on times as hard as they are now it is easy to understand why they ask New Zealand 's John Hart if he could take over as coaching director and why they have asked Australia 's Alec Evans the same question . |
| 19 | First Nigel Lawson kept interest rates too low for too long , letting the boom boil over as he shadowed the D-Mark . |
| 20 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley , who epitomises the ‘ caring ’ face of Conservatism , has taken over as Health Secretary , with the task of reassuring the public and the health professions that Mr Major does not intend to privatise the National Health Service . |
| 21 | ‘ His engineer would not take over as he had had a full day 's terror , so I volunteered to take over engine control in his place . |
| 22 | Following the death of Cromwell in September 1658 , Richard took over as Lord Protector , but proved too weak and amiable to control parliament , particularly as the army and the majority of the gentry preferred the restoration of the monarchy . |
| 23 | Trent slewed the motorbike over as they hit the highway . |
| 24 | ‘ I came over as I said I would , ’ Susan smiled at Maggie . |
| 25 | Gradually parts of the Chelt 's course were culverted and later built over as the town grew . |
| 26 | We ca n't stand up and lecture them on self-reliance and personal responsibility and then wade in and take over as soon as they show signs of doing what we want . |
| 27 | My stomach turned over as I watched the ball heading for the out-of-bounds , but to my relief it looked as though it had stayed in , even if it seemed in an awful spot . |
| 28 | I think they have always come over as they really are , but there must be times when they want to tell people to sod off . |
| 29 | Also , at the end of the turn when the boom is grasped , unless you are low you will be pulled straight over as the power comes on . |
| 30 | The Daily Echo protested that West was play-acting — he ‘ rolled over and over as though in great bodily pain ’ , then played a ‘ vigorous ’ game for the rest of the match . |