Example sentences of "was [adj] take over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became concerned when he could not locate him on the premises , because Mr Jowett was due to take over the lambing . |
| 2 | The district which was due to take over the funding is now claiming that some of the people who are now living in the special units attached to old people 's homes are not their responsibility They did not originally come from their districts and so they are refusing to pay some of the finance over . |
| 3 | Ward was due to take over the driving and at the end of it I slumped into the seat beside him in a happy daze which insulated me from all sense of reality . |
| 4 | As established in exploratory talks which took place in January-March 1990 , a major obstacle to the achievement of the EES in the forthcoming negotiations with the EC was EFTA 's demand for equal status with the EC in a joint decision-making body , particularly sought by Switzerland which was due to take over the presidency of EFTA on July 1 . |
| 5 | A few years later , with Atari in deep financial trouble , Nintendo was able to take over the US market too . |