Sentence examples for over parliament from inspiring English sources

On December 12th, President Omar Bashir declared a state of emergency, suspended parts of the constitution and sent troops to take over parliament.

There were reports that the elite special police forces, along with army reservists also disgruntled with NATO involvement, had joined the protesters as they took over Parliament.

(The political scene was rife with speculation over whether Lord Grenville, known for his extraordinary derrière, and his Whig coalition, known as the broad bottoms, would take over Parliament if George III abdicated).

In a sign of the dangers of any international mission here, more than 5,000 angry Slavic Macedonians flooded the streets, firing off guns and taking over Parliament as they claimed that the West had sided with the Albanians.

It's a strange proclamation for a man whose followers blew up a police station with a car bomb, shot the prime minister in the leg, and took over parliament while it was in session.

The Ukip leader has no MPs, yet continues to wield sizable influence over parliament.

As MPs voted on a rise in tuition fees, thousands of students took over Parliament Square, clashing with police and setting fires.

A group of radical black Muslims took over the parliament house and held the prime minister and, I think, 26 members of parliament.

Would the media rally to their cause; would they be fawned over by parliament?

Komsomolskaya Pravda, a daily newspaper, headlined its story: "Latvia: Russians take over the parliament", although the party will remain in opposition.

A week later the majority took over the parliament building by force, evicting Tkachenko and the leftist faction.