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his teeth chattered, his hands were cold, violent nervous convulsions took possession of his entire body.

She stood beside him in her silk dress, looking at him strangely, so that a certain terror, horror took possession of him.

It was like an epidemic of veneration, which in the course of six or seven years gradually took possession of the whole district.

Something happened to the two people. They became ambitious. The American passion for getting up in the world took possession of them.

His mother's second marriage collapsed, but not before her husband took possession of most of her wealth.

These two products were previously owned and funded by Novell but the project was abandoned when Attachmate took possession of the company.

They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.

The American passion for getting up in the world took possession of them.

Then he felt of the officer's fob, discovered a watch there, and took possession of it.

She realized an increasingly intense uneasy, this unease crazy took possession of her whole body and mind.

We took possession of the enemy's stronghold.

The sildiers took possession of the enemy stronghold.

one unmixed feeling of fear for his young , happy life took possession of his whole being.

Britain first took possession of it in 1815 lest it be used as a staging post to rescue Napoleon Bonaparte from exile in St Helena.

He took possession of the house.

Those hours of rehearsing took possession of the moment.

On this trip and afterwards, we no longer merely took possession of each other.

When we made love, too, she took possession of me as a matter of course.

Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, newly granted emergency powers, took possession of the Clone Army, and ordered the Jedi into action.

So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.

The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.

The police took possession of his house and car.

Mrs. Norris took possession of the white house.

The noble family took possession of a large farm near the shore.

She soon afterwards took possession of a narrow footpath , a little raised on one side of the lane.

Eventually, the Church took possession of the assets belonging to the Templars.

Father took possession of a supermarket nearby.

Not five months after they took possession of the property, it caught fire once again.

I took possession of these and the terrace, and spent my days in solitude.

The policeman came and took possession of the thief's bag.

Captain James Cook took possession of the islands in 1769.

The rebels took possession of the airport.

The policeman took possession of the thief's bag.

At night they crossed the river and took possession of the village by surprise.

they took possession of the villiage last night.

It is on the Canal took possession of the youth market, and the provider of the content or the newspaper.

The old couple took possession of the house about 20 years ago.

Captain James Cook took possession of the island in 1769