Example sentences of "[conj] be taken over by " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were offered round the industry and there are considerably worse things which could have happened to them than being taken over by Greene King . |
| 2 | Naxos and Karpathos are thought to have had Minoan colonies too , and a very strong Minoan influence is seen at Agia Eirene on Kea : perhaps it was an existing town that was taken over by Minoan traders and administrators . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The result was that Inchbrook left the cloth trade and was taken over by Grist and Tabram for the manufacture of flock and shoddy . |
| 5 | The rushing sound of the water finally subsided and was taken over by the hiss of the cistern refilling . |
| 6 | The easternmost area of the site covers 144 acres , includes one of the water basins and the locks , and was taken over by the Medway Ports Authority ( ‘ the ports authority ’ ) . |
| 7 | It had a capacity of 20,000 tons in timber silos and was taken over by the Commissioners in 1906 . |