Example sentences of "[vb base] taken over [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Instead of selling the offices which we 've taken over in the village , you could use them as a workshop and studio , ’ he suggested . |
2 | Guitarist 's Readers ' Ads have taken over as the foremost private buying , selling , swapping and personnel advertising service around . |
3 | Commercial farmers ( increasingly Africans who have taken over in the wake of the slow European exodus since Independence ) are still relied upon to provide the bulk of the urban demand for foodstuffs , particularly luxury items such as beef , milk , and cheese . |
4 | Darkness has descended and the mosquitoes have taken over from the enemy mortars . |
5 | Industrial parks now stand where pepper plantations used to be , modern buses have taken over from the rickshaw and Singaporeans now live in high-rise apartments rather than the traditional kampongs . |
6 | Nursing homes , student residences and preparatory schools of discreet reputation have taken over from the merchants . |
7 | ‘ Aga-sagas have taken over from the steamy sex bonkbusters of the Eighties . |