Example sentences of "[was/were] taking over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 26th May , Hunt came to see him and said that he was taking over the purchase negotiations for the Downing Street scheme , and particularly upset Pennethorne by producing one of Pennethorne 's drawings to assist him in the work . |
| 2 | He was taking over the enquiry into the death of Angelica Standish , he said . |
| 3 | A week later I was called back to Downing Street by Margaret Thatcher and told that I was taking over the Department of Health and Social Security and also the question-and-answer session . |
| 4 | Germany 's chief federal prosecutor Alexander von Stahl announced he was taking over the murder inquiry because of its links to Right-wing terrorism . |
| 5 | House music was taking over the galaxy , and this was an indication that you could do whatever the hell you liked with the genre . |