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Meanings of took the controls in English

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Usage of took the controls in English
1
Lord Asriel took the controls and the craft sprang at once into the air.
The amber spyglass
2
Cord was tired of driving, so Rosk took the controls.
Anathem
3
Victor took the controls and began studying the footage.
Earth Afire
4
Fenimol took the controls and laid a ray to his home- arayserving a double purpose.
Skylark Three
5
He took the controls soon after that.
The Centauri Device
6
Soon Tara took the controls again, descended to ten thousand, and leveled off above a Mars-scape with trees.
Acts of faith
7
Stevens took the controls and slowly worked along the outer edge of the mass, down toward its extremity.
Spacehounds of IPC
8
From the moment you took the controls of the car you were responsible for what you did with it.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
9
CCTV images emerged of Fariq and Zaharie being subjected to standard body frisks before they took the controls of MH370.
News.com.au
10
I took the controls.
The one-week job project: one man, one year, 52 jobs
11
Willem took the controls, and as they taxied for takeoff, Orry went through his own quick checklist and adjusted his headset.
Mentats of Dune
12
The captain, an Indonesian citizen with about 15,000 hours experience and an instructor's license, took the controls.
Reuters
13
Lazaris again took the controls when Chesna got tired, and blasted bawdy Russian drinking songs against the incessant rough music of the engines.
The Wolf’s Hour
14
The old man yelled, "Help!" in a strangled self-conscious way, and then Crowley punched him in the gut and took the controls.
Double Dexter
15
The results also provided a window on the shifts in strategy that have taken place since Christoph Mueller took the controls almost a year ago.
The Irish Times
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