Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb past] over [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The Presidents of Yugoslavia 's six constituent republics took over from the federal presidency the principal role in negotiating Yugoslavia 's future when they began on March 28 a series of weekly summit meetings .
2 Willie was left with Mrs Black and she and the remaining children filed over to the school .
3 Early in the First World War substantial numbers of Czech and Slovak troops went over to the Allied side .
4 It was increasingly polished during the reign of Louis XIV when the first professional dancers took over from the courtiers after the founding of the Académie Royale de Danse within the Académie Royale de Musique ( 1672 ) .
5 The handles were generally fixed first , also by plain rivets burred over on the shield 's front , at right angles to the grain of the wood ( Leeds and Shortt 1953 , p. 56 ; Jarvis et al .
6 Blake 's work for MI6 included not only gathering intelligence from the Russians but tracking down and watching Communist spies sent over into the West .
7 On Jan. 11 Cambodian officials turned over to the USA remains thought to be those of two US servicemen killed during the Vietnam war .
8 The bloody jacket was sent south as a trophy and the mangled remains turned over to the embalmers .
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