They were not enough to take the city by themselves.
If we could take the city, the rest of them would fall over.
He might just be able to take the city straight out.
The rest of the Army came up the next day, and they took the city.
They don't even need to take the city to do that!
Government forces expect to have taken the city by the end of the week.
We could take the city without you, but it will cost us many more lives.
You know the city would be taken there by the movement of the ground.
An army had not directly taken the city since 1552.
We worried when you did not return with the others after the city was taken.