Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] took over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Society of Free Fishermen took over the interests of Newhaven and continued to look after the port for the next two centuries . |
| 2 | The major national breweries themselves began to either acquire or be acquired by non-brewing companies so as to form larger conglomerates such as Allied-Lyons ( formed when Allied Breweries took over the catering group J. Lyons in 1978 ) , Grand Metropolitan ( formed when Grand Met Hotels took over Truman Hanbury and Buxton in 1971 and Watney Mann in 1972 ) and Imperial ( formed when Imperial Tobacco acquired Courage Breweries in 1972 ) . |
| 3 | The few in existence up to 1706 had their administrative authority vested , as in the continuing case of the public parish roads , in the justices of the peace at quarter sessions , but from that date , beginning with acts relating to two stretches of the road to Holyhead , in Bedfordshire and in Worcestershire , independent trustees took over the administration of the tolls and the responsibility for road maintenance . |
| 4 | Police said three armed men took over a house at Garvagh Road , Dungiven , last night and hijacked a white Transit van which they abandoned with the bomb on board . |
| 5 | Police said three armed men took over a house at Garvagh Road , Dungiven , last night and hijacked a white Transit van which they abandoned with the bomb on board . |
| 6 | These new bodies took over the management of some 200,000 civil servants and 8,000 armed forces personnel — around 40 per cent of the civil service . |
| 7 | In other words the Iraqui forces took over the banks , they looted everything . |
| 8 | The immediate difficulties were caused by administrative and computer changes as local authorities took over the administration of the benefit . |
| 9 | The local skaters took over the running of the skate club . |