Example sentences of "when [pron] take over [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ There were problems in the past with the way the fund was run , but when I took over a couple of years ago we took a very long look at our accounting system and put matters right .
2 And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times .
3 When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained .
4 Mr Ellis added : ‘ When we took over the line the state of the locomotives was not as we would have wished so we have embarked on a rebuilding process . ’
5 Right from the beginning , we argued that the revolutionary process in El Salvador could only be carried out through a popular war in which the incorporation of the civil population is essential When we take over a village or settlement and the enemy forces are ousted … we begin the work of consciousness raising about the situation of the country together with the work of organizing the local population .
6 Perhaps that will be our task when we take over the presidency of the Community next July .
7 The medium , for Chester , is merely the means to an end : ‘ When we take over the theatre , we create an atmosphere so charged with positivity that people leave feeling uplifted .
8 But when they took over the firm they were always called " Mister " to distinguish them from the other captains , perhaps .
9 The first is that the land around the Arnish site was owned by the Stornoway Trust , an elected body who received an undertaking from the subsidiary of Olsen Shipping when they took over the site , that only essential maintenance would be carried out on Sundays .
10 In 1966 its role was expanded when it took over the Ministries of Aviation and Fuel and Power .
11 ‘ This hunger-striking buffoon sneaks out to eat so he can be well fed when he takes over the presidency , but he is screwed , ’ General Noriega said of his opponent .
12 BILL CLINTON has given a chilling warning that Britain 's cosy relationship with the United States is heading for the big freeze when he takes over the White House .
13 I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 .
14 It was 1837 that it became Ring & Brymer , an entity retained by Lord Forte when he took over the company in 1962 .
15 It was logical , when he took over the Foundation , to concentrate on dance , and Gulbenkian in Lisbon approved .
16 Caesar found a census of the population in the Greek script when he took over the camp of the Helvetii ( Bell .
17 It took Cuckney four years to overcome the financial crisis he encountered when he took over the Crown Agents in 1974 .
18 He loved his ‘ Jocks ’ without a trace of condescension , and when he took over the regiment as lieutenant-colonel in North Africa and Italy , his double-barrelled beer name earned him the affectionate sobriquet of ‘ Colonel Screwtop ’ .
19 Spittals had insisted it should be laid when he took over the office .
20 Castro later admitted to Herbert Matthews that when he took over the refineries he did not know whether or not Moscow would supply Cuba with oil ( Matthews : 1969 , p. 171 ) .
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