Sentence examples for obtaining possession from inspiring English sources

He escorted the queen, who returned from abroad in February, to York and thence to Oxford, and subsequently captured Wakefield, Rotherham, and Sheffield, but his successes were once more taken from him by the Fairfaxes, whom he subsequently defeated at Adwalton Moor on June 30, thereby obtaining possession of all Yorkshire except Hull and Wressel Castle.

At the sound of a starter pistol, the teams try to obtain possession.

In 277, between the periods of occupation by Pyrrhus, the Romans obtained possession of the city.

As soon as Williams had obtained possession of [it], he thrust it forcibly into the opening of his throat, inflicting a wound, which was attended with fatal consequences".

At that point, the government's papers assert somewhat mysteriously, "third parties wrongfully obtained possession of the 5.03-carat diamond ring, and wrongfully transferred possession of the ring to others".

In a statement, the university said that the occupiers were "not representative of the wider student body", "Regrettably, as a last resort, the university went to court to obtain possession of the building.

The "Nea Imera" adds that if the Bulgarians obtained possession of Kavalla, Bulgaria would be prepared to consider the port as a Russian port in case of a Mediterranean war.

Otakar II, whom Dante described in his Divine Comedy as one of the great Christian rulers, was a strong and capable king who obtained possession of Austrian lands through marriage, and in 1260 he was invited by the nobility of Steiermark (Styria) to become their overlord.

The erstwhile Venezuelan President's friends are expecting daily the news that he has returned to Venezuela, and they are not inclined to discredit the statement that he has obtained possession of the old Italian warship to the detriment of Hayti.

For instance, any debts one incurs while owning some land are not to be inherited by another who obtains possession of that land after the former passes.

How did Jahi's family obtain possession of her body?