Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] taken over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I , I was quite fascinated having lunch one day with a journ a Melbourne journalist erm and this was about six months after Murdoch had taken over the Melbourne Sun all this and we were chatting away and I actually threw in the stuff which were saying about how papers are there to make profits these days so that 's what drives them and that journalists journalists on newspapers such as Murdoch 's papers , write what they 're supposed to write and she and I got quite out of with one another and and the bottom liner was that she , she absolutely totally and utterly denied what we were saying and I said to her okay if you were given a story to write you know and it was opposite to how you would view it , what would you do and she said oh well I , I would have to write it and the issue with the Murdoch papers and it 's quite interesting because I mean I 'm sure you can with other newspapers but I , I 've just got a bit more is that Murdoch never ever writes a minute or a memo to his editor or staff saying this is what the line is ever . |
| 2 | Fr Rice has taken over the running of a detoxification centre started some years ago by a Mill Hill priest who died recently . |
| 3 | Helen had taken over the ‘ Returned Books ’ counter temporarily from one of the juniors and looked up to find him standing in front of her , smiling . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , it was officially reported that on Aug. 17 three Croatian police helicopters which had been dispatched to Gracac , a town near Knin where Serbs had taken over the police station and were distributing arms , had been intercepted en route by two Yugoslav air force jets and forced back to base . |
| 5 | The Serbs had taken over the park , one of Croatia 's main tourist attractions , several days earlier , and had proclaimed its incorporation into their " Autonomous Region " . |
| 6 | By the end of the 1970s , with Norman Lindop having taken over the chairmanship from 1974 , the Committee had established itself as a unit which functioned in parallel with those for science and technology , arts and sciences , and research . |
| 7 | It was announced on May 9 that the government of Byelarus had taken over the former Soviet troops in the Byelorussian Military District . |
| 8 | Tweed had taken over the wheel from Paula . |
| 9 | In the 23 August 1968 issue of It the plug was provided , next to news that Knullar had taken over the It workers ' co-operative . |
| 10 | Souness has taken over a club with financial difficulties . |
| 11 | NEWLY-promoted Det Chief Inspector Mike Paddon has taken over the job and office of his retiring twin Terry at Exeter police HQ . |
| 12 | Since Jim Henson 's sudden , untimely death his son Brian has taken over the company reins and continues the great tradition by trundling out Kermit as Bob Cratchit , Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit , Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig , Rizzo The Rat as Himself and The Great Gonzo as narrator Mr Dickens . |
| 13 | The Hamadan clan , like the Jafaars , had been involved in a losing struggle against the Syrian cartel ever since Rifat Assad and Monzer al-Kassar had taken over the Bekaa Valley in 1975 with the help of the Syrian Army . |
| 14 | CCG have taken over the Spinneys division of Airwork Ltd , as well as the onshore interests of Universal Ogden . |
| 15 | Mr F. Dunn has taken over the Rail Agency at Ludlow Station . |
| 16 | Charles had taken over the role of president determined to make a positive contribution . |
| 17 | Senior Trading Manager Jim Kerr has taken over the inter-bank team while David Peebles , Senior Corporate Manager , has been recruited to head the corporate dealing and business development team . |
| 18 | If the Hindus and Sikhs of Punjab have taken over the concept of Izzat from the Muslims , the Muslims and Sikhs have adopted the dowry system from the Hindus . |
| 19 | Meanwhile Svidrigailov has taken over the suicide role , which is to say the blanket boredom has become positively terminal . |
| 20 | SWIMMERS were turned away from Colchester Leisure World because a film crew under the direction of Alan Bleasdale had taken over the fitness pool . |
| 21 | Lamb had taken over the Northamptonshire leadership the previous season and had shown himself enthusiastic if inexperienced , but had then missed a good deal of the season through injury . |