Sentence examples for took position from inspiring English sources

In June of 1998, General San Abacha died suddenly and Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar took position as the head of state.

Each dog and its handler took position at a set of doors, overseen by Rothschild and Brenner.

They had all been driving much faster, but one by one they took position near one another.

I then by his direction took position a short distance in rear of his left wing, and held my command in reserve".

Loudspeakers blared rousing songs of resistance, organisers handed out Lebanese flags and black-clad Hizbullah guards lined the perimeter of the central square and took position on rooftops.

Militiamen took position on a highway overpass, offering cover as horse-mounted wranglers led protesters to face off against heavily equipped BLM rangers and snipers.

Still others took positions in between.

Armed villagers took positions on roofs.

They then took positions in Manhattan hotels.

Snipers, it said, took positions on the hospitals' rooftops.

He took positions with small orchestras in Trondheim, Norway Norrkoping, Swedenn; Bremen, Germany.