Sentence examples for gained possession of from inspiring English sources

Several Miami starters had already gained possession of some.

At Jacmel, Miranda gained possession of two trading schooners, the Bee and the Bacchus.

The Germans gained possession of the town, and the British were forced to withdraw.

Under Dirk's descendants Holland reached its final frontiers by the 13th century, although it gained possession of Zeeland in 1323.

Within a day the rebels had seized the arsenal and the governor-general's offices and had gained possession of Wuchang.

With superior forces at their back, the German kings gained possession of the Lombard kingdom in Italy.

In that way each state attempted to gain possession of the territory of Macedonia itself.

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His purpose, prosecutors contend, was to gain possession of some of Sierra Leone's diamonds.

Symbols let us "gain possession of the world" through "intersubjectivity," shared knowledge.

But, in spite of two expeditions (531 and 542), they were unable to gain possession of Visigothic Septimania.