Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] over by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Husam eddin rejects the story of the quarrel and the dating of Molla Fenari 's departure in the reign of Bayezid I , asserting that Karaman had been wholly taken over by the Ottomans in 793/1391 while the documents ( dated 796,802 and 804 ) show Molla Fenari 's period of office as kadi to have fallen after that date ; and he says rather that Molla Fenari returned to Karaman with Karamanoglu Mehmed Bey in early 805/summer 1402 , following the battle of Ankara ( Dhu " l-Hijja 804/July 1402 ) , when the latter was freed and reinstated by Timur and Karaman reconstituted as an independent state . |
| 2 | I certainly want teachers to respond closely to the situation in which they are — but they need to be clear about the overall function of RE , what it is about , in order to respond in a way which is meaningful so as not to be just taken over by the latest influence . |
| 3 | Whatever you decide , you 'll be suitably bowled over by the excellent quality however much you 're paying . |
| 4 | Even those of us in the office who had their doubts at first were soon won over by the instrument 's simplicity and friendliness . |
| 5 | The LTTE offensive appeared to take the government by surprise , and over 20 police stations were quickly taken over by the LTTE . |
| 6 | The interior of the villa is largely taken over by the Modern Art Museum which is spread through 35 rooms that are still marvels of late eighteenth-century elegance , with luxurious decoration in plaster , parquet floors and chandeliers . |
| 7 | An E minor when it should have been an E major brings the rehearsal to yet another halt while the suspect note is cordially argued over by the boys in the band . |
| 8 | I was less bowled over by the disc of Rutter 's own compositions , including his setting of the Magnificat , in which the Cambridge Singers are joined by the City of London Sinfonia , The Falcon , which adds the Choristers of St Paul 's Cathedral , and Two Festival Anthems . |
| 9 | The first instalment of wages was generally paid over by the Exchequer in advance of the campaign , but subsequent instalments were often delayed until after the campaign was over , sometimes long after . |
| 10 | Over the next two hundred years the issue of notes , i.e. paper money , was gradually taken over by the Bank of England which maintained an adequate gold stock to back the note issue . |
| 11 | The mill was later taken over by the cloth producers , Woolwark and Bird , a concern that also occupied a number of other mills . |
| 12 | As for happy hours , I 'd say that 50% of pubs in Leeds have a happy hour at least once a day so if you were looking for something to celebrate each and every day then this might come up ( along with the anniversary of the death of the guy who drove the stephenson steam train on it 's maiden journey , and the all too sad occasion of the 7th anniversary of the cat that lived 4 doors down that was callously knocked over by the no. 40 bus ) |
| 13 | Now , the main lodging house in Ipswich was afterwards taken over by the Salvation Army Hostel . |
| 14 | It was only at this stage that the dowry of the bride , which would usually have included both jewels and the title deeds to land , was actually handed over by the bride 's parents though details of the dowry would have been settled right at the beginning at Stage 1 of the proceedings . |