Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb pp] over [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system is thoroughly tested and eventually handed over to the user . |
| 2 | Portholes were few and usually hatched over with leering daemon masks . |
| 3 | Undecided and still bent over towards her he became aware of the patter of running feet , approaching fast . |
| 4 | But such cooperation was rare and quickly taken over by sectarian issues . |
| 5 | At different times , the town was well known for its stocking frame knitters , the substantial brick works at the Mythe , as well as , during the 19th century , its large brewery , originally founded by David Jones , and later taken over by Blizard and Colman . |
| 6 | This festival was linked in the East with the birth of Mithras and later taken over by the Christians by conveniently moving the birthday of Christ to this date . |
| 7 | William Gray , junior , the older son , had a nursery garden in Fulham , at Parson 's Lane , later Peterborough Road , but the better known Fulham garden of the period was the one established before 1700 by the elder William Gray and later taken over by Christopher . |
| 8 | The complex procedures were executed without a hitch : artillery positions were abandoned by the British and smoothly taken over by French units ; as British battalions moved out at night , their French replacements moved in — and all the while without any sign that the Germans recognized what they were about . |
| 9 | Scores of supply vessels , tugs and survey ships filled every nook and cranny and even spilled over into the fish docks . |
| 10 | I dropped my right wing suddenly as if I were turning into the cloud and immediately swung over into a steep left hand turn . |
| 11 | He 'd worked in Japan and married there , been bureau chief in South Africa and then taken over as the AP 's chief Middle East correspondent in Beirut . |
| 12 | As soon as one patch of vegetables is cleared , the soil is revitalised with compost and a handful of organic fertiliser and lightly pricked over before replanting . |