Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] take over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 2 | That was the filthy coastal town smelling of fish oil where I 'd taken over the driving . |
| 3 | She had taken over the caravan and his life . |
| 4 | It was almost the first news story she had taken over the newsroom headphones and she knew the absolute importance of accuracy . |
| 5 | The town was the capital of the central Afghanistan province of Urozgan , and mujaheddin sources reported that they had taken over the administration of the entire province following the defection of its governor , its chief of police , and Tarin Kot 's garrison of 500 . |
| 6 | The three announced that they had taken over the leadership of the SPLA and accused Garang , who had led the organization since its creation in 1983 , of dictatorial behaviour . |
| 7 | They attempted to take over the city ; for three days they fought the Viet Minh , and in the cross-fire Lieutenant-Colonel Dewey of OSS was shot dead . |
| 8 | Jan. 27 USC broadcasts statement on Radio Mogadishu announcing that it had taken over the government . |
| 9 | Elsham signalbox is situated in a very remote part of the Lincolnshire countryside and thus evokes more strange happenings that baffled John Daubney when he had to take over the box as a relief signalman . |
| 10 | The year before Mountbatten died he had taken over the reins of the United World Colleges ( UWC ) from his great-uncle . |
| 11 | He had taken over the management of his sister 's bakery . |
| 12 | Ambitious beyond the wildest dreams of the banana or the humble plum , it attempted to take over the world . |