Example sentences of "took over the [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took over the premises behind the bus station in Middlesbrough ( opposite the car park and along from Macdonalds ) and has hardly looked back . |
| 2 | When Aerial Arts , the original manufacturers , ceased trading in serious debt to Cyclone Hovercraft , the Rotax agents , Cyclone Air Sports took over the rights to the Chaser . |
| 3 | The commonalty were allowed a council of sixty , which had to assent to the decisions of the mayor and aldermen , who took over the powers of the earlier assembly of twenty-four . |
| 4 | ‘ Has young Meredith changed any of his wild ways since he took over the reins at the manor ? ’ |
| 5 | To a large extent we have to infer the nature of this earliest division from what we can learn of later arrangements ; in particular we are told by Gregory of Tours that in 561 Clovis 's grandsons took over the kingdoms of the previous generation ; thus , Charibert I ( 561 – 7 ) received the portion of Childebert I ( 511 – 58 ) , based on Paris ; Guntram ( 561 – 92 ) that of Chlodomer ( 511 – 24 ) , with its centre at Orléans ; Chilperic I ( 561 – 84 ) was given the kingdom of Soissons , once held by Chlothar I ( 511 – 61 ) ; while Sigibert I ( 561 – 75 ) inherited the realm of Theuderic I ( 511 – 34 ) and his descendants , Theudebert I ( 534 – 47 ) and Theudebald ( 547 – 55 ) , and established himself at Rheims . |
| 6 | Barnes put the Lions in front before Hastings took over the kicks after the interval . |
| 7 | Barnes put the Lions in front before Hastings took over the kicks after the interval . |
| 8 | The merits of the argument were accepted notwithstanding , and gradually the Lord Chancellor and his staff took over the appointments of the chairmen of most , and the members of many , tribunals . |
| 9 | He could see that refrigeration would bring about a complete change in people 's lifestyles and in 1880 he took over the patents of the Bell–Coleman cold-air machine and developed what was known as the dry air refrigerator . |