Example sentences of "taken [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | It must be true that Nanny was a liar and a trouble-maker because he could hear her saying all those terrible things that might cause Frankie to be taken away for ever . |
| 32 | The company were unable to sell the redundant equipment and finally had to resort to paying for it to be broken up and taken away for scrap : a sad end to a long and honourable career . |
| 33 | Even his clothes were taken away for testing . |
| 34 | A British Airways spokeswoman said the damaged windscreen had been removed by engineers and taken away for examination . |
| 35 | The dealer was taken away for questioning , and the painting was confiscated by the Gemäldegalerie who kept it for six months , attempting to resolve the situation themselves . |
| 36 | Christopher Jabelman 's body is taken away for examination , above . |
| 37 | The municipal railings had been taken away for the war effort and through the gaps in the makeshift fence of galvanised iron he saw a tramp in an army greatcoat sitting on a green bench . |
| 38 | After long-drawn-out bickering , the boy was taken away for a medical examination . |
| 39 | All Léonie managed to discover from the postman 's hints was that the priest had had the bones taken away for a quick burial in the cemetery with as few people present as possible , and that people were still visiting the site of the apparitions , waiting to see whether Thérèse would go back . |
| 40 | Instead , staff are putting them into special collecting bins so that they can be taken away for recycling . |
| 41 | The empty dishes , china , and uneaten food had been taken away for examination , so the sight and smell were somewhat more palatable than they had been the day before . |
| 42 | Fearing that the seat might be stolen the councillors arranged for it to be taken away for safe-keeping . |
| 43 | Fearing that the seat might be stolen the councillors arranged for it to be taken away for safe-keeping . |
| 44 | Charles and Patrick had remained in the little sitting room while John went to talk to his wife and mother before he was taken away for further debriefing . |
| 45 | The body was taken away for a post mortem which revealed pressure marks on her neck , she had apparently been throttled . |
| 46 | The transporter is being taken away for examination by Department of Transport experts investigating the cause of the accident |
| 47 | Clothing , cheque books and freezer bags and other items were also seized and taken away for examination . |
| 48 | Obviously somebody knew what they were doing and I imagine Toby was taken away for racing or stud , ’ said Mr McKillen . |
| 49 | The vehicle was taken away for forensic tests . |
| 50 | part of the telephone box used to make the threats was dismantled and taken away for forensic examinations |
| 51 | Chub and meat baits have taken over for all the major weights . |
| 52 | Open field sites in the vicinity of London were taken over for the construction of studios in the belief that it was heaps of brick and iron rather than organizational flair that explained the success of Louis B. Mayer or Samuel Goldwyn . |
| 53 | Having changed from sweat-sodden clothes , I found that , as the hotel had been taken over for the evening by a wedding party , I and an English couple had a dining-room to ourselves . |
| 54 | However , Frogmarsh Mill 's long involvement in the cloth trade was drawing to a close , for by 1863 it had been taken over for the manufacture of pins by the firm of Perkins , Critchley and Marmont . |
| 55 | In fact , 32 houses , 3 churches and 2 gardens were taken over for the building of the Clementinum or Jesuit College . |
| 56 | Time and again we have seen large country houses taken over for institutional use , whether as corporate headquarters or hospitals . |
| 57 | Instead , they were taken over for institutional use , sometimes in a public-spirited move to give them a new lease of life , sometimes for exploitation as large areas of relatively cheap floor space . |
| 58 | Opposition has been muted and sporadic except from the farmers who have successfully extracted high levels of compensation for land taken over for Tunnel purposes . |
| 59 | In the open intellectual milieu where Catholic exegetes and theologians now move among colleagues of other traditions of faith or of none , the traditional term ‘ hermeneutics ’ ( the art and the principles of interpretation ) has been taken over for a mode of philosophical discussion so technical that its products are usually baffling even to a well-educated reader . |
| 60 | Medicine and money from the public health budget are being unofficially transferred to the military health services and at least five regional hospitals and a number of smaller health centres have been taken over for use by the military . |