Example sentences of "they have taken over " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1988 , Ruth Barclay teamed up with her niece , Sherrie Bodie , to open Barclay & Bodie which has been so successful they 've taken over the shop next door . |
| 2 | They 've taken over one of the conference-rooms downstairs . |
| 3 | He says that in previous cases where they 've taken over contracts they 've offered up to 98 per cent of employees their jobs back . |
| 4 | The they 've taken over a place , only temporary but they 're ever so cheap in there ! |
| 5 | They no longer had to wait for the elusive Jennie to finish making a steak and kidney pudding before sanctioning an important business decision , but they had taken over in lean times and Doris began to find the strain intolerable . |
| 6 | ‘ You have to wonder how some of the big names would have coped if they had taken over at Tranmere — or at this place four years ago . ’ |
| 7 | The town was the capital of the central Afghanistan province of Urozgan , and mujaheddin sources reported that they had taken over the administration of the entire province following the defection of its governor , its chief of police , and Tarin Kot 's garrison of 500 . |
| 8 | The three announced that they had taken over the leadership of the SPLA and accused Garang , who had led the organization since its creation in 1983 , of dictatorial behaviour . |
| 9 | According to the report local militias dominated by Uzbek , Tajik and Shia Ismaeli ethnic groups had formed an alliance with local mujaheddin units ( including fighters commanded by Ahmed Shah Masud ) in late March , and together they had taken over control of the city from Pashtun units . |
| 10 | They have taken over and breed in a pride which is not the one in which they were born . |
| 11 | They have taken over the Christian 's own cliché and complain that many are ‘ too heavenly-minded to be any earthly use ! ’ |
| 12 | Already they have taken over Artillery Lane and are marching down Elder Street . |
| 13 | This means that , for many areas , the full community charge will be in place in all area , except those receiving special Government grant because they have taken over the education service from ILEA . |
| 14 | They have taken over the unfinished Bristol Babe project ( BAPC.87 ) held by the Hemswell Aviation Society . |
| 15 | well the the have a training roll and it may well be that the will be able to I mean I have n't spoken for example but they have taken over the functions of the old Manpower Services Commission training agency . |