Example sentences of "took over the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still more to the point , were they welcomed by the Melians when they took over the existing settlement at Phylakopi ? |
| 2 | Richard Nixon took over the Oval Office in January , 1969 . |
| 3 | Smith dismissed speculation he would recruit former Middlesbrough coach David Nish as his right hand man if he took over the hot seat . |
| 4 | She joined the Boat Race squad last January and quickly took over the Blue boat . |
| 5 | The Macedonian Assembly elected on March 20 a new government led by Nikola Kljusev , while Blaze Ristovski , Jovan Andonov and Bekir Zuta were elected as Deputy Premiers , Risto Damjanovski became Minister of Defence , and Jordan Mjalkov took over the Interior Ministry . |
| 6 | A new team of managers took over the semi-state-owned bank on May 13th . |
| 7 | Arsenal 's slump since they took over the Premier League leadership on November 7 has been startling , but Graham admitted : ‘ I do n't even think about winning the title . |
| 8 | A large smile took over the small face of Elmer . |
| 9 | When the trust took over the four-storey building in 1987 it was virtually derelict . |
| 10 | The house in Denbigh Terrace , which was his home during and after his marriage to Kristen Tomassi , had been progressively colonised by the office ; Nik Powell took over the first floor ; board meetings were conducted in the lounge ; paperwork spilled into the bedrooms . |
| 11 | Also to be released is Wilton Mkwayi , who took over the overall command of the ANC 's military wing , Umkhonto we Sizwe , after the others were jailed but was himself arrested and jailed for life in 1965 . |
| 12 | Each locomotive then took over the other train of wagons making a slow descent hitched to the back of the train using considerable braking power . |
| 13 | Gerhard Schürer 's post as Chair of the State Planning Commission was abolished and Grünheid took over the new position of Chair of the Economic Committee . |
| 14 | The Board took over the legal aid scheme 's administrative structure and most of the staff . |
| 15 | This was the May Bank holiday scene at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire last year , as 20,000 New Age Travellers took over the ancient common . |
| 16 | From 1466 the company took over the financial management of the garrison , with the mayor of the Staple becoming de facto royal treasurer of the town . |
| 17 | The silver coinage of the late seventh century took over the developing role of gold coin and may be the first true cash in England for commercial transactions . |
| 18 | Florencio Abad , a member of Congress strongly opposed to the continued presence of US bases in the Philippines , took over the Agrarian Reform portfolio and Oscar Orbos took over as Transport and Communications Secretary . |
| 19 | Two days later , on 13 May , shortly before a Christian democrat by the name of Pierre Pflimlin made yet another attempt — as it turned out , successful — to win a vote of confidence in the National Assembly in Paris , a crowd took over the main government building in Algiers . |
| 20 | The cast and crew were situated in the picturesque summer tourist trap of St Ives where they virtually took over the comfortable olde-worlde Tregenna Castle Hotel , while Peckinpah rented a small cottage for himself on the moor . |
| 21 | When " Reggie " Hughes left , he took over the full teaching of art ii , the school . |
| 22 | Once back on the ground the ambulance service took over the medical side of the operation . |
| 23 | The old Gymnasium could then become additional space for Art , while Geography took over the old Library . |
| 24 | The false idea is that French culture took over the leading position of Italy . |
| 25 | By the early twentieth century German ornithologists took over the leading role , pioneering the use of ringing as a technique for tracing bird movements . |
| 26 | The great drive for respectability , which was led by the trade papers and various film industry organizations , really took over the whole publicity campaign and again became almost a defining characteristic of British and especially American cinema . |
| 27 | Soldiers again briefly took over the national radio station on Dec. 15 to broadcast their demands . |
| 28 | He took over the White Horse Hotel in Thirsk until it closed in 1961 . |
| 29 | Because De Havilland failed to do an adequate user analysis , two American companies , Boeing and Douglas , took over the commercial jet aircraft industry . |
| 30 | When Alfa pulled out of racing in 1929 , Ferrari took over the racing division and moved his headquarters to his home town . |