Sentence examples for before took over from inspiring English sources

Late in 2010, an alumnus of the less-than-wholly-successful John Carter called Mark Andrews, who like Chapman had never directed a feature before, took over the reins.

In Scobie's place, the battalion second-in-command, Major Arthur Stevens, who had been a second lieutenant less than 12 months before, took over as temporary commander.

But both railroads bided their time before taking over.

After retiring in 1987, he was an assistant coach at South Carolina before taking over at Duke.

Tolkin will finish teaching at Xavier this week before taking over the national team full time.

Lombardi was a Giants offensive assistant coach before taking over the Packers and becoming, well, Vince Lombardi.

He was also an assistant there for seven years before taking over as coach.

Before taking over the Art Institute, he was the director of the St . LouisArt Museum for six years.

Bowden coached at West Virginia for six seasons before taking over in Tallahassee.

Before taking over the I.S.I., Taj was the commandant of the Pakistani military academy in Abbottabad.

Before taking over Time Warner, Mr. Bewkes was chairman and chief executive of HBO.