Example sentences of "have [verb] over [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 JOHN PERMAN , the former depot manager at Charlton , has taken over responsibility for the primary distribution project from BOB PARLE to enable Bob to take up his new duties as departmental director , distribution operations , when Derek Graham retires in August .
2 Having refurbished two bits of year-old evidence to support the new Libyan thesis , he now weighed in with a two-year-old intelligence report about a meeting in Tripoli before the bombing — in mid-November 1988 — at which the Libyans were said to have taken over responsibility for the attack from the PFLP — GC after Jibril 's West German cell was broken up .
3 After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Russia , whose delegation was led by State Councillor Sergei Shakhrai , had taken over responsibility for the former Soviet military divisions in the Baltic .
4 According to the report local militias dominated by Uzbek , Tajik and Shia Ismaeli ethnic groups had formed an alliance with local mujaheddin units ( including fighters commanded by Ahmed Shah Masud ) in late March , and together they had taken over control of the city from Pashtun units .
5 Beirut port , where the Lebanese army had taken over control from the militias the previous month , opened on March 15 after a 14-month closure .
6 Without declaring for or against the coup , Sukarno issued an ordinance stating he had taken over command of the armed forces .
7 The TEC have taken over responsibility for the service in keeping with their aim to encourage commitment to training .
8 Joyce Edwards , Quality Circle facilitator at Wedgwood Barlaston , pictured at the presentation , said : ‘ The most important aspect of the project was that the pupils themselves have taken over responsibility for the school and its property . ’
9 DARLINGTON students have taken over production of the council 's magazine .
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