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

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1 did succeed in persuading Croydon Corporation to let them work their tramways on a lease and shortly afterwards , they had the opportunity to take over two new tramway schemes , outside but adjoining Croydon boundaries .
2 At night the boiler took over , roaring and trembling until dawn .
3 The thing about the solo is that it should really be a chance for the guitar to take over from the vocalist and really hit you in the heart like vocals can , and I 'm sorry but these heavy metal solos can never really hit you because it 's just music by numbers . ’
4 The process is of course , the reverse of the lowering , the ladders being used until it is raised to forty-five degrees , then the ropes take over .
5 Shiver as the shit took over , nudged her open , swelled , dropped softly out .
6 The Board took over the legal aid scheme 's administrative structure and most of the staff .
7 When sport fails to deal adequately with the excesses of its performers , it is right and proper for the courts to take over .
8 I feel too tired to sleep so I play some Despot when I get home but my heart 's not in it and the Empire is still in a tattered-looking state after all the earlier disasters and I 'm almost wondering if I should start again but that would mean going back to the fucking dawn of civilisation and the temptation in Despot is always to swap PoV , which people who do n't know the game always think sounds sort of innocent , like some detail , but it is n't : you 're not just swapping point of View , you 're swapping your current Despotic power Level for something less , even if it 's a regional lord or other king or a general or royal relation close to the throne , and it is not to be done lightly because as soon as you renounce the current Despot 's PoV the computer takes over and it 's a smart fucking piece of software .
9 COME 1 JANUARY , THE MAN WHO turned GM Europe into a profitable operation and fathered winners such as the Calibra takes over the top spot at Chrysler .
10 Bath 's No.8 is the favourite to take over from the British Lion after Leicester confirmed yesterday that Richards would miss the rest of the season .
11 Many of the projects taken over on nationalisation were , moreover , either wholly or partly in the hands of civil and electrical engineering consultants , whom the BEA assured of continuing support for the foreseeable future .
12 Graham , the doubter who would not vote for the local Conservative MP , had even expressed indifference about the Russians taking over South Africa .
13 When Insurers settle a total loss they acquire two types of rights — the entitlement to take over the Policyholder 's interest in the subject matter insured , and all the Policyholder 's rights and remedies in respect of the casualty which caused the loss .
14 Journalists , desperate to break the story on the latest trend in designer drugs , are hyping Ketamine as the drug to take over from Ecstasy .
15 When the female has laid , the male takes over .
16 The Cymbalines , on the other hand , are the sort of boys you could take home to your parents along with their jangly , tuneful brand of guitar pop as-it-used-to-be-played before the hairies took over .
17 Whittingham was invited by the A.O.C. to take over 261 Squadron from him , which he did at the start of May .
18 It is at this point that the women are introduced into the story to take over the role of the disciples .
19 We were too pessimistic about manufacturing companies withdrawing from the the Third World as automation in the West took over — in fact there is much more manufacturing in developing countries now than in 1980 , as our next issue will make plain .
20 An obligation on the acquirer to take over the obligations under existing contracts and other continuing obligations of the business ; to indemnify the offeree for any liability that arises subsequent to completion in respect of them ; and , in particular , provision for dealing with warranty claims in respect of products sold prior to completion and product liability .
21 The , they used to put a conductor on for peak time and then about nine o'clock the rear door was closed and the driver took over issuing tickets , taking money and then perhaps the conductor would come on from about twelve or two and then again , perhaps from half past four till half past six .
22 When the States took over Panama , the troops stationed in Hawaii were put on full alert in case of a retaliatory attack .
23 Bell was a supporter of the oral system , and upon learning of the difficulties faced by the Academy , he took over the teaching of the deaf children in the school for two months until the arrival of a Mr. Jones all the way from the U.S.A. to take over from him .
24 The pictures taken over a period of 30 years by late showbusiness cameraman Dezo Hoffman are to be sold by Phillips in London on April 22 .
25 Only Phil Mickelson appears to have the talent to take over the mantle vacated by Bob Charles as the world 's best left-handed golfer .
26 If goods have not been delivered within 30 days following expiry of an agreed time limit or if there is not an agreed time limit within 60 says from the time the carrier took over the goods , this shall be taken as evidence of the loss of the goods .
27 With Hewlett-Packard Co heading for $18,800m turnover this year and Fujitsu Ltd at around the $26,000m mark , while Digital Equipment Corp looks hopefully to Alpha to rocket it off its $14,000m-a-year launchpad , the contenders to take over leadership of the mainstream computer industry from IBM Corp are lining up — and a major new round of mergers and acquisitions could be on the way .
28 She looked back and saw the man stop dithering before the houses , and cross further up the street , just before the cars took over again .
29 The coalition took over from the Vietnam-backed Hun Sen government which rescued Kampuchea after the demise of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in 1979 .
30 ‘ I calmed him down and checked him over and then the ambulance took over . ’
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