Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] be taken [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francis came to tell us about arrangements for the funeral and he brought with him one of my father 's pictures which had been taken to the shop for framing . |
| 2 | After the vote , which had been taken in the Vladislav Chamber , where the Kings of Bohemia were once crowned , Mr Havel was sworn in . |
| 3 | At the Northampton Forest Eyre of 1255 John Lovet , a verderer , had to pay the substantial fine of twelve marks ‘ for mendacity and concealment ’ : he had contradicted his roll by saying that the deer which had been taken in the forest by the men of the parson of Eaton Maudit ‘ was a certain sheep ’ . |
| 4 | The recipe she used was taken from the WI Book of Bread and Buns . |
| 5 | ‘ It was in the paper that she 'd been taken from the harbour . |
| 6 | Her family heard she had been taken to the Regional Command Military camp in Legaspi City . |
| 7 | Et cetera , the et cetera going on to explain that she had been taken to the hospital and there examined by Doctor Bright in the presence of Constable Makepeace . |
| 8 | Although she could have sworn she had blacked out , she still somehow recalled the journey on which she had been taken by the tall man and a few others . |
| 9 | CASE STUDY 3.4 — MR HAMISH A social worker was called to see an old man in his seventies who had been taken to the police station for shoplifting a tin of corned beef . |
| 10 | For as a girl , she herself had been taken through the world , as through a series of doors , by her young husband , each door opening on to fresh joys and colours and perspectives , and she had exclaimed in delight , followed him , learned , and even afterwards , when the final door had shut , she could retrace her steps , spend a longer and longer time in each place , as in a series of gardens , and gratefully . |
| 11 | You know sure there were committees to manage either financial affairs , or various other bits and pieces that went on , but even then decisions they took were taken to the lodge to be voted on . |
| 12 | When I queried the decision I was told that it had been taken at the very highest level , as a result of information not available to me . ’ |
| 13 | I watched the re-run of the race on the big stadium scoreboard , checked that I had run second and then went back under to collect my kit from the airless , sweat-filled room where it had been taken from the start . |
| 14 | In any case occupying them was of little interest to the Spanish authorities , for the islands the English settled had a much smaller area than Jamaica , the smallest and least developed of the Spanish islands ; later on , after it had been taken from the Spanish , Jamaica was the most important of the English Caribbean islands , but this only serves to show how small the English settlements were . |
| 15 | He had been taken to the fourth floor at exactly the time of his appointment . |
| 16 | He had been taken to the Colonel 's bungalow . |
| 17 | After sentence had been passed he had been taken to the cells , then back to Dalston in a black van . |