Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] took over the " in BNC.
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1 | I only took over the financial reins three weeks before the end of the financial year ! |
2 | I could n't have been more pleased by his decision , and told Granpa that when I finally took over the barrow we would n't even have to change the name . |
3 | She only took over the field 6 months ago and fears young hooligans are trying to drive her and her animals away . |
4 | Then she gradually took over the conversation , talking about her parents and the farm , saying she knew she was old-fashioned and some people laughed at the way she farmed , but she was happy with her methods and she liked the animals . |
5 | Dahl retained responsibility for the environment while the energy portfolio went to Rune Molin , vice-president of the Trade Union Confederation ( LO ) , who also took over the industry portfolio from Ivar Nordberg . |
6 | Nafissa Lalliam was replaced as Health Minister by Mohammed Salah Mentouri , who also took over the Social Affairs portfolio but another woman , Anissa Benameur entered the Cabinet as Minister for Vocational Training and Employment , replacing Mohammed Bonmahrat . |
7 | She inherited from her brother a methodical and intelligent Treasurer , the Marquis of Winchester ; and she also took over the conclusions of committees which had been investigating the Crown 's finances under Edward VI . |
8 | They even took over the small police station in the El Calvario district , the nearest to the main market , and executed a number of the constables who had taken part in the massacre . |
9 | Source C describes how they bravely took over the dangerous jobs in munitions factories , and how they joined or worked alongside the armed services , either joining women 's armed services , or working as nurses out on the battlefront . |
10 | The cast and crew were situated in the picturesque summer tourist trap of St Ives where they virtually took over the comfortable olde-worlde Tregenna Castle Hotel , while Peckinpah rented a small cottage for himself on the moor . |
11 | He admitted that mistakes had been made in the five months since he personally took over the government , especially in the slow pace of privatisation . |
12 | Mr Yeltsin admitted that mistakes had been made in the five months since he personally took over the government , especially in the very slow pace of privatisation . |
13 | WHSmith did n't create Our Price ; it just took over the business . |
14 | In London he gradually took over the Underground system and came to control every line except the Metropolitan . |
15 | He also took over the editorship of The Stopfordian from Mr. D. J. Roberts , the Second Master since 1978 , who had edited it from 1959 . |
16 | Formerly Count Basie 's drummer in his last great orchestra , he recently took over the drum chair at the Village Vanguard for the famous Monday night sessions featuring the Mel Lewis Big Band . |