Example sentences of "[pers pn] take over the " in BNC.

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1 I took over the chair previously occupied by Angus Maude , who since 1979 had carried out the impossible job of overseeing Government information .
2 I took over the poling .
3 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 .
4 The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship .
5 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 .
6 ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained .
7 I took over the family .
8 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 .
9 Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago .
10 Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ?
11 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 .
12 I take over the wheel and we lose them , the whole shooting match . ’
13 Because he did n't think his player was coming over , Orville Moody 's caddie had taken Tom Weiskopf 's bag , but when he suddenly heard Orville was flying over , he ditched Tom and suggested I take over the bag .
14 If you had any idea how much I 've got to do before I take over the shop — ’
15 But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 .
16 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 .
17 Catherine has sung before — she took over the lead role in the West End musical 42nd Street as a teenager .
18 In 1885 she took over the management of the embroidery section of Morris & Company , her father 's firm .
19 When her brothers joined up in 1914 she took over the running of the Ferry assisted by some local boys who enjoyed the good food that Mrs Stevens provided .
20 She took over the phone in a vain attempt to replace Dana , only to admit defeat late on Thursday evening when she was forced , reluctantly , to agree to Myra 's insistence that she wear the wedding gown herself .
21 She took over the serving of the tea and cakes and Jenna had the opportunity to study her surreptitiously .
22 She took over the premises behind the bus station in Middlesbrough ( opposite the car park and along from Macdonalds ) and has hardly looked back .
23 Er , although Shirley , she took over the ro , erm , she took the role half way through of down on the floor splitting things up things over , er , the rest of them were cutting out words and what have you , and writing out the script the way they wanted it , and she just stuck them on the floor , , and they changed the script , so in that respect she was
24 And she was to , she took over the Queen when she out of the country !
25 Graham Sutherland , opposite a whole page of contacts , enthuses in a 1946 letter : ‘ Your photographs are wonderfully good ; easily the best we have ever had taken , and I can see how important was the time and care which you took over the composition and lighting and the idea …
26 ‘ About everything that 's happened since you took over the club .
27 He desires that you take over the keepership of the royal castle of Berwick . ’
28 But make sure , you know , you well you take over the house , so we know what 's in them in case they get thrown out with the bloody rubbish !
29 ‘ From January I want you to take over the ‘ breaking ’ side of the business .
30 Which is why I wanted you to take over the investigation from young Ebert .
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