Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun] take over " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder they had let the army take over this area ; it was worth nothing for farming . |
| 2 | For in dropping the source markers the author has , for the moment , ceased to speak with her own voice — ceased to supply the narrative thread ( which is what the source markers do ) — and has let the characters take over . |
| 3 | Wanting to protect him , she took charge of the conversation then , turning it to subjects that could have no personal connotations for him , subjects like the efficient way that the British government had persuaded the Americans to take over responsibility for Greece and its defence against Communism , which they could no longer afford , and their less effective attempts to involve the Americans in the Palestine troubles . |
| 4 | Panama seemed to many like a re-enactment of Hawaiian history : the States had needed a reason to take over and it had found one . |
| 5 | Apart from Mr Patten , four other ministers have lost their Cabinet posts : former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker , who is believed to have refused an offer to take over as Welsh Secretary ; Tom King from Defence , who asked for a break from office four months ago ; Peter Brooke from Northern Ireland ; and Lord Waddington , former leader of the Lords . |
| 6 | Tass news agency said hundreds of wagons rolled in to the southern Soviet republic bordering Turkey , three days after the Soviet parliament authorised the army to take over the railways . |
| 7 | The most recent case was in 1973 when the government appointed a commissioner to take over the housing responsibilities of the Clay Cross Urban District Council because the council refused to operate the provisions of the Housing Finance Act 1972 and charge higher rents to council tenants . |
| 8 | ‘ If my brother Reg wants to buy them he must come up with the money , but there are a number of interested parties , individuals and consortiums who have expressed a desire to take over the club . ’ |