Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] over from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps the machine has taken over from the individual . |
| 2 | The Beatles had taken over from the Rolling Stones , but Gabriel , used to pop boiling over all around her , did not notice . |
| 3 | ‘ Aga-sagas have taken over from the steamy sex bonkbusters of the Eighties . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | John Ensall said residual problems had hung over from the change in working arrangements introduced in January . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Hand of Gooch has taken over from the Hand of God Maradona 's — in sporting legend . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Doyle had taken over from an unsuccessful coach and in no time had turned everything round . |
| 13 | Nursing homes , student residences and preparatory schools of discreet reputation have taken over from the merchants . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Darkness has descended and the mosquitoes have taken over from the enemy mortars . |