Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] take over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was just trying to find the right words to explain why she thought Mrs Richards would enjoy meeting Abuelo Freitas 's granddaughter , when Consuelo arrived to take over the evening shift , and the conversation switched to other matters . |
| 2 | As soon as he was out of uniform , Connor applied to take over the management of the public-house from his parents — Mam and Da were getting on in years , and Da was n't a well man — but the Brewery were not prepared to lease the pub to a bachelor . |
| 3 | Fr Rice has taken over the running of a detoxification centre started some years ago by a Mill Hill priest who died recently . |
| 4 | The Serbs had taken over the park , one of Croatia 's main tourist attractions , several days earlier , and had proclaimed its incorporation into their " Autonomous Region " . |
| 5 | When Jarvis came to take over the house , although a good many people had been inside it and others had lived in it , the chair and the stool were still in the bellringer 's room . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Tweed had taken over the wheel from Paula . |
| 8 | In the 23 August 1968 issue of It the plug was provided , next to news that Knullar had taken over the It workers ' co-operative . |
| 9 | Under the new arrangement , CNP anticipates taking over the business later in the year . |
| 10 | NEWLY-promoted Det Chief Inspector Mike Paddon has taken over the job and office of his retiring twin Terry at Exeter police HQ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Since the Ffestiniog bid to take over the moribund Welsh Highland company in a High Court action various schemes have been mooted including one by the FR to re-open the Welsh Highland from the north end and the long cherished target of taking the line through to within yards of the tourist attraction , Caernarfon Castle . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | LIPMAN SET TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD . |
| 15 | And so Felix offered to take over the wheel and drive for a while . |
| 16 | Mr F. Dunn has taken over the Rail Agency at Ludlow Station . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | When the tow-rope breaks in a storm and the Arno is separated from the Langdale , Cam has to take over the duty of navigating in difficult circumstances , advised by the wounded mate , and he proves equal to the challenge . |
| 19 | Charles had taken over the role of president determined to make a positive contribution . |
| 20 | If the Hindus and Sikhs of Punjab have taken over the concept of Izzat from the Muslims , the Muslims and Sikhs have adopted the dowry system from the Hindus . |
| 21 | Meanwhile Svidrigailov has taken over the suicide role , which is to say the blanket boredom has become positively terminal . |
| 22 | SWIMMERS were turned away from Colchester Leisure World because a film crew under the direction of Alan Bleasdale had taken over the fitness pool . |