Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] take over the " in BNC.
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1 | The Hamadan clan , like the Jafaars , had been involved in a losing struggle against the Syrian cartel ever since Rifat Assad and Monzer al-Kassar had taken over the Bekaa Valley in 1975 with the help of the Syrian Army . |
2 | Mr F. Dunn has taken over the Rail Agency at Ludlow Station . |
3 | SWIMMERS were turned away from Colchester Leisure World because a film crew under the direction of Alan Bleasdale had taken over the fitness pool . |
4 | Fr Rice has taken over the running of a detoxification centre started some years ago by a Mill Hill priest who died recently . |
5 | By the end of the 1970s , with Norman Lindop having taken over the chairmanship from 1974 , the Committee had established itself as a unit which functioned in parallel with those for science and technology , arts and sciences , and research . |
6 | NEWLY-promoted Det Chief Inspector Mike Paddon has taken over the job and office of his retiring twin Terry at Exeter police HQ . |
7 | Senior Trading Manager Jim Kerr has taken over the inter-bank team while David Peebles , Senior Corporate Manager , has been recruited to head the corporate dealing and business development team . |
8 | TELEVISION personality Jonathan Dimbleby marked taking over the presidency of the Council for the Protection of Rural England by launching a £500,000 appeal to fund ‘ the battle to protect the English countryside . ’ |
9 | Since Jim Henson 's sudden , untimely death his son Brian has taken over the company reins and continues the great tradition by trundling out Kermit as Bob Cratchit , Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit , Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig , Rizzo The Rat as Himself and The Great Gonzo as narrator Mr Dickens . |
10 | Such was the state of affairs when Ostorius Scapula arrived to take over the governorship from Aulus Plautius , that it was seen as a serious crisis . |