Sentence examples for took council from inspiring English sources

Yet the challenge from Nigel Farage's party, which took council seats from all three main parties in England, prompted one Conservative to reflect on voters' lack of "trust" and "respect" for his party.

Instead he took council with the populist leader Elisha Cooke, Sr.

Taking council seats.

He complains about Romanian and Polish families taking council houses and undercutting his car repair business.

Take council house sales: "a blow for individual freedom", Marquand admits.

"If anyone thinks illegal immigrants are taking council houses in Harold Hill then I can guarantee that's not the case.

In the past councils have tried to surmount the housing shortage by paying private landlords to take council tenants, but this is the first time a council has effectively become a private landlord itself.

Despite his claim to unique authority within England, John would sometimes justify his actions on the basis that he had taken council with the barons.

By that point she was already being tracked by the government, and Assange was taking council not to step foot in the United States.

They hoped to grow fat by taking councils' money, and squeezing staff, and other costs, at the expense of some of the most vulnerable people in society.

We took our council grants and plied our knowledge and skills elsewhere.