Sentence examples for attempts to take command from inspiring English sources
A few of the colonists blame Vee for casualties during the rescue, there are attempts to take command of the ship from her, and people start dying in mysterious "accidents".
On 17 March, Cogny attempted to fly into Dien Bien Phu to take command, but his plane was driven off by anti-aircraft fire.
The commander of the Tetrarch made his report, and was then ordered to take command of four Valentines and two Tetrarchs which had recently arrived and once again attempt to breach the French defences.
French attempts to persuade Hammou to submit had failed and in May 1914 Lyautey authorised General Paul Prosper Henrys to take command of all French troops in the area and launch an attack on Taza and Khénifra, vital parts of the corridor.
Godoy's attempt to subdue the Maya around Champoton was unsuccessful, so Montejo the Younger sent his cousin to take command; his diplomatic overtures to the Champoton Kowoj were successful and they submitted to Spanish rule.
Strachan left Concorde in July 1794 to take command of HMS Melampus, and in August Captain Anthony Hunt took over command of Concorde.
We have to remind ourselves that reality tends to be messier, and recall Bill Clinton's failed and somewhat embarrassing attempts to take out Osama bin Laden's high command or Jimmy Carter's disastrous effort to free American hostages in Iran.
If the dog did not respond to the command, or attempted to take the ball in the mouth, the experimenter went back to the previous successful step.
