Example sentences of "[noun] [art] [noun] take over " in BNC.
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| 1 | With bigger groups the atmosphere takes over and helps combat the hitches . |
| 2 | No wonder the tractor took over almost as soon as it was invented . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | At night the boiler took over , roaring and trembling until dawn . |
| 5 | In one Lambeth family investigated by Mrs Pember Reeves , the expenditure on margarine doubled during the week the husband took over the family budgeting in the absence of his wife , simply because he allowed everyone to take as large a share as himself . |
| 6 | The following correspondence shows how much trouble the Wordworths took over the boy . |
| 7 | Nigel was flagging , but much to his relief the man took over and delivered an admirable lecture on French surrealist poetry . |
| 8 | In a number of instances the Romans took over a Greek theatre ( for example at Taormina ) and adapted it to their requirements . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | At the time of its creation the NHS took over about 1700 public hospitals and about 1000 voluntary hospitals , a large proportion of which were facing bankruptcy . |
| 11 | ‘ When I come home from work on Friday evenings the kids take over , ’ explains Michael . |