Sentence examples for taken command from from inspiring English sources

Although it is difficult to convince his fellow Hominidae to follow him, Pitar manages to persuade the patriarchal leader of the clan, Costello, who has taken command from the recently deceased Thorn.

When the tsunami hit, Mr. Yoshida took command from inside a fortified bunker at the plant.

The Spanish recently took command from the Germans, who are still an important part of the task force.

The Bruins took command from the opening tip, running out to leads of 14-2 and 20-7 while fans were still filling empty seats.

Their mission was to take command from a departing Army battalion, and then quell a loose-knit group of armed insurgents in and around the town.

If confirmed, which is considered very likely, General Dunford would take command from Gen. John R. Allen, who is scheduled to stay in charge until the change of command in February.

But such is Egypt's political disarray that the soft-spoken general might well consider that this is the time to take command from the front, rather than from the rear.

In the Temple Challenge Cup, Yale's national collegiate lightweight champions took command from the first strokes and defeated Oxford Brookes by two-thirds of a boat length in 6 minutes 37 seconds.

In the rearrangement, Petraeus was to leave Iraq to take command from Centcom and Odierno was asked to return to replace him as the commanding general of all coalition forces in Iraq.

The horse's trainer, John T. Ward Jr., noted that "she just took command from the start," and added: "I was extremely impressed with the strength that she showed at the top of the stretch.

All new chief executives promise to be good listeners, but Mr. Bloomberg's promise that New Yorkers would always know their voices had been heard seemed particularly telling as he took command from a man whose great talents did not generally extend to inclusion.