In a few more years he'd have taken the town over.

"He says the French have taken the town; they attacked this morning."

They have enough strength to take the town, even with the Duke's keep.

They took the town from the English defenders after a short battle.

He'd taken the little town under his wing and made it grow.

She didn't know how it had happened, but the English troops were obviously taking the town.

He done tried to take the whole town by himself.

He doesn't really want it, he's interested in taking the town.

"We have to take the town before they can reinforce it."

"You seem to have taken the town by storm," he wrote.