Sentence examples for control took possession from inspiring English sources

Then the Almoravid caliph Yūsuf ibn Tāshufīn, who had brought the quarreling states of Muslim Spain under his control, took possession of Murcia in 1092, incorporating it into his empire.

A look at other smaller economies dealing with BRI related debts does not bode well for Montenegro: in Sri Lanka their Chinese debts spiralled so out of control that China took possession of a strategically valuable Indian Ocean port as part of a repayment deal.

As Celtic attacked, Stilian Petrov lost control of the ball on the right and Derek Riordan took possession and immediately released Brown down the left.

He took possession of the Dauphin, and returned him to Paris under control of Burgundian forces; however, the boy's uncle, the duke of Berry, quickly took control of the child at the orders of the Royal Council.

The Department of Industrial Relations, which oversees the board, took possession of the stamps and money remaining in the fund and tightened controls over use of postage stamps, the auditor said.

The governor, Pedro J. Rossello, also took possession of 110 acres of land on the western end of Vieques that the Navy transferred to local control.

HUPD officers took possession of the can.

William Penn, the English Quaker, took possession of it in 1682.

In September 1945, Australian troops again took possession of Nauru.

Their landlady, Mrs. Birdie Guy, took possession of it.

She took possession of them in 1881.