And so the toilet came gradually to occupy a central place in my life.

How has arms control come to occupy its singular place in world politics?

So they came to occupy only another fifth of the galaxy.

Industrial buildings came to occupy large sections of the city.

For example, an individual born of farmer will come to occupy the parent's role until death.

In the 1980s such subsidies came to occupy an increasingly large share of the state budget.

As with everyone involved during those long weeks, Felicia had come to occupy a special place in her heart.

It came to occupy a unique place in constitutional law.

One 97-year-old guest came not long ago to occupy the same room she had used as a little girl.

It was like when they first came to occupy the airport last year during the war.