Example sentences of "[noun sg] who have [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , the frequency of masturbation is perhaps highest among older males recently defeated by a newcomer male who has taken over the sexual role in his harem . |
| 2 | Mugica was reputed to be a Marxist Leninist who had taken over the ETA leadership after the killing of his less hardline predecessor , Eduardo Moreno Bergaretxe , in 1976 [ see p. 28087 ] . |
| 3 | Janina 's father was a Polish Jew who had come over to Britain to fight in the war . |
| 4 | An Italian , Gionesca , was absent from parade one morning as we lined up for inspection by the Sergeant-Major ; Corporal Herve , a scarred Frenchman who had taken over from Vigno as duty NCO , went upstairs to find him . |
| 5 | Everyone was wandering around the house getting everything ready for my uncle who had come over from Nigeria . |
| 6 | I looked for my favourite character , only to find he had been replaced by the same bitch who has taken over Lloyd 's job . |
| 7 | Sally the lass who 's taken over the buying for precision bearings , is a great lass got on great with her , and Richard . |
| 8 | The opposition Fiji Labour National Federation Parties , led by Adi Kuini Bavadra ( the widow of the ousted Prime Minister who had taken over the party leadership after her husband 's death from cancer in 1989 ) , denounced the Constitution as racist and anti-democratic and announced its refusal to participate in elections held under its auspices . |
| 9 | " They have a first class officer who has leant over backwards to establish a low profile in dealing with immigrants . " |
| 10 | But Souness is backing the player who has taken over from Bruce Grobbelaar , Anfield 's first-choice keeper for the last 11 seasons . |