Example sentences of "[pron] took over [art] " 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 | I got myself a couple of sausages on sticks , a hunk of crusty bread , and another Scotch , and I took over a pint of bitter for Seddon . |
| 3 | ‘ I took over a part in A Midsummer Night 's Dream . ’ |
| 4 | I told you in another part of this saga of mine that I took over a Night in No 7 Squadron from a Flight Commander . |
| 5 | I took over a hundred members to the rally in Hyde Park , erm two thirds of my workforce , and it was magnificent to see all the trade unionists there , especially the G M B banners . |
| 6 | I took over the chair previously occupied by Angus Maude , who since 1979 had carried out the impossible job of overseeing Government information . |
| 7 | I took over the poling . |
| 8 | Ever since I took over the tips section in the hallowed pages of ZZAP ! 64 , folks have whinged that most of the pokes are for Reset and Action Replay carts . |
| 9 | The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship . |
| 10 | Id' er er g got married in er twenty five and er agreed to buy a house in twenty six , January , moved into it and er So er I took over the t horse and dray and er opened the front room as a a shop , a greengrocers shop . |
| 11 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 12 | I took over the family . |
| 13 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 14 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 15 | Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In the 1970s the Labour government supported a private member 's Bill which took over an item which would have been included in its own programme if there had been sufficient parliamentary time . |
| 18 | The VAT returns for the last quarter are due in , and that big ( very profitable ) convention which took over the hotel for three weeks last year is imminent but you ca n't get at your data . |
| 19 | A detailed account of the first half-century of the history of the College , up to the foundation of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons , which took over the College 's examining functions in 1844 , was given by Leslie Pugh ( 1895–1983 ) in his book From Farriery to Veterinary Medicine , published by Heffer of Cambridge in 1962 The books by Iain Pattison on the development of the veterinary profession , and on Principal McFadyean , are invaluable sources of information . |
| 20 | IDB Communications Group Inc reports that its IDB Worldcom unit , yesterday announced that it had signed a correspondent operating agreement with British Telecommunications Plc which allows it to provide international services to the UK ; IDB is in process of acquiring TRT , which took over the resale of capacity on the British Post Office 's phone network from National Networks Ltd . |
| 21 | Beecroft , however , stayed on as a partner in the firm of Dillon , Tennant & Co. , which took over the shore establishments . |
| 22 | Carlton which took over the London weekday franchise from Thames , already owns 20 per cent of Central . |
| 23 | Director Manny Silverman said the backing consortium , which took over the house of Hartnell five years ago , could no longer support the company . |
| 24 | But while Pygmalion ( 1938 ) had been directed by the reliable Asquith , Pascal himself took over the reins on Major Barbara ( 1941 ) . |
| 25 | Mwinyi abolished the post of Deputy Prime Minister and himself took over the Defence and National Service portfolio , sharing responsibility with former President Julius Nyerere , chairman of the ruling CCM party and of the party 's defence and security committee . |
| 26 | She had spent thousands of pounds refurbishing the pub which she took over a year ago . |
| 27 | But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 . |
| 28 | But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research . |
| 29 | Catherine has sung before — she took over the lead role in the West End musical 42nd Street as a teenager . |
| 30 | In 1885 she took over the management of the embroidery section of Morris & Company , her father 's firm . |