Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] over from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Auvergne , the major agriculture/conservation conflict is clearly in the plains , especially the extensive limagne north of Clermont , where intensive cereal and crop production has taken over from a former bocage ( hedge and pasture ) landscape . |
| 2 | But perhaps the machine has taken over from the individual . |
| 3 | Saints will be fired up under new boss John McClelland , who has taken over from the sacked Alex Totten . |
| 4 | The Norther Woodworking and DIY Exhibition has taken over from the Northern exhibition that was held annually , later in the year , in Leeds and at Calderdale . |
| 5 | It has taken over from the Appeal committee the task of raising money to support the teaching of Law in Somerville . |
| 6 | The Hand of Gooch has taken over from the Hand of God Maradona 's — in sporting legend . |
| 7 | Yes I put out an appeal to er my readers to search their attics and their er lofts and their garden sheds for all the things they might have left over from the second World War . |
| 8 | The new pseudo-science of ‘ counselling ’ , which seems to have taken over from the greater absurdity of analysis , may not be as destructive as its predecessor but it , too , has many of the characteristics of an enclosed cult like the Plymouth Brethren or the Moonies . |
| 9 | They seem to have taken over from the large black dogs with glowing red eyes to be found in most local folklore collections . |
| 10 | That 's why I 've come over from the States , ’ Howard said . |
| 11 | She had come over from the east with her Arab mother , who , once in Britain , had married a stranger in order to stay — rather like buying a spare part to save one 's life . |
| 12 | Many of the older people found it difficult to throw off the ‘ criminal , associations which had carried over from the fifties and sixties . |
| 13 | John Ensall said residual problems had hung over from the change in working arrangements introduced in January . |
| 14 | Eighty-one refugee children went to Bunce Court , the school Anna Essinger had brought over from the Schwäbische Alb mountains of the Danube to Otterden , a large manor house standing in twenty-five acres of Kent countryside . |
| 15 | He stared steadily outwards towards the ducks and flamingos while Kraal mantled his plumage , let out a harsh call or two and dropped down into the shelter to pick at the remnant of meat he had left over from the previous day . |
| 16 | I painted all mine white with some paint I had left over from an Airfix model of Apollo 11 but all I managed to do was clog up the mechanism . |
| 17 | Doyle had taken over from an unsuccessful coach and in no time had turned everything round . |
| 18 | During the first half of the 1970s all three of the most heavily urbanized regions ( South-East , North-West , West Midlands ) had population growth below the national rate , suggesting that the urban-rural dichotomy had taken over from the north-south divide as the main feature of UK population change . |
| 19 | There are changes in technology : electronic systems take over from the electromechanical mode typical of ‘ mass culture ’ ( just as that had taken over from the purely mechanical production and distribution methods of the earlier bourgeois period , epitomized by music printing ) . |
| 20 | Over thirteen years , since he had taken over from the retiring senior partner to whom Francis Sutherland originally brought the affairs of Sleet , David Rosen and Delia Sutherland had come to know each other well enough to do without greetings ; they liked it that way . |
| 21 | Near Paderborn in Westphalia in the small town of Wewelsburg was the castle of that name which Heinrich Himmler had taken over from the local council in 1934 . |
| 22 | Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar . |
| 23 | The Beatles had taken over from the Rolling Stones , but Gabriel , used to pop boiling over all around her , did not notice . |
| 24 | Whereas the bulk of athletes being attracted to this new four-pronged sport have spilled over from the more established triathlon ranks , and so have found the canoeing discipline particularly tough , Graham has the advantage of a fine record with the paddle . |
| 25 | Darkness has descended and the mosquitoes have taken over from the enemy mortars . |
| 26 | Industrial parks now stand where pepper plantations used to be , modern buses have taken over from the rickshaw and Singaporeans now live in high-rise apartments rather than the traditional kampongs . |
| 27 | Nursing homes , student residences and preparatory schools of discreet reputation have taken over from the merchants . |
| 28 | ‘ Aga-sagas have taken over from the steamy sex bonkbusters of the Eighties . |