Example sentences of "taken over [prep] the army " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the first period after independence , development was hampered by the first civil war , during which many schools were taken over by the army . |
| 2 | The last residents moved out towards the end of 1940 , leaving Barham House to be taken over by the army . |
| 3 | When the Remounts were taken over by the army in 1916 , he was discharged . |
| 4 | Well we went into the Rifle Brigade Barracks at Winchester and used to work out at a big house outside of Winchester so we had to march out there and then at the time of Dunkirk , they were looking for places to put all the soldiers that they 'd brought and er , we were cleared out of Barnet , er out of Winchester Barracks and posted up to Nottingham and we worked in the factory , which was taken over by the Army then and erm , and then whilst there , I suppose that was about nineteen what , about nineteen fo coming up to nineteen forty two , they decided to have a recheck or rethink on medicals , so we were all subject to another medical and they put me back to A one and says , right we 're getting rid of all A one personnel out of the Pay Corp , you have a choice Royal Army Ordnance Corp or the Royal Artillery . |
| 5 | An RAF base which was due to close down will now be taken over by the Army . |
| 6 | An RAF base which had been due to close next year as part of the Government 's defence cuts is stay open and be taken over by the army . |