Example sentences of "[be] take [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This statement does not have to be taken as gospel to be of use . |
| 2 | On 18 June 1486 it agreed on ‘ a peace to be concluded with the King of Scots … so that a diet [ conference ] be taken upon treaty to be made of marriage … . ’ |
| 3 | At four and a half months old , young pigs are taken for slaughter to be sold as pork ; at six months old the remainder meet their end as bacon . |
| 4 | Bill 's nightmare started when he was taken to hospital after being hit by a car as he returned home from a fishing trip . |
| 5 | Striker Ferdinand , one of the midweek heroes in the win at Coventry , was taken to hospital after being replaced in the second half . |
| 6 | The 27-year-old one-time Royal Green Jackets officer was taken to hospital after being found unconscious in his cell at the colony 's Moorish Castle jail at 3am on Sunday , prison authorities confirmed yesterday . |
| 7 | One of them died almost immediately ; its little body was dressed in a clean nightdress and linen cap and its arms were folded on its breast ; then it was taken at night to be buried . |
| 8 | From its rediscovery in the early fifteenth century Polybius ' history was taken in turn to be a treatise on constitutional forms , a handbook for army officers and a guide for politicians , especially diplomats . |
| 9 | " The roof did not actually leak very much before it was taken in hand to be repaired : but is now reported to be in need of more repairs . " |