Example sentences of "be taken the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat in silence , afraid whatever he said would be taken the wrong way , and wished they would leave him in peace . |
| 2 | ‘ The Egypt Committee ’ , Selwyn Lloyd remembered , ‘ would , however , continue to function , but if emergency decisions had to be taken the Cabinet would be recalled . ’ |
| 3 | ( 4 ) If the provision of a specimen other than a specimen of breath may be required in pursuance of this section the question whether it is to be a specimen of blood or a specimen of urine shall be decided by the constable making the requirement , but if a medical practitioner is of the opinion that for medical reasons a specimen of blood can not or should not be taken the specimen shall be a specimen of urine . |
| 4 | There 's almost nothing either of us can say that ca n't be taken the wrong way , with a bit of imagination . |
| 5 | City streets have also provided Matthew Carr with material , though now he has abandoned his old habit of pulling people in off the pavement , ‘ as it can be taken the wrong way ’ . |
| 6 | She broke off , suddenly realising that her words might be taken the wrong way . |
| 7 | When no legal action is to be taken the local authority must consider whether it would be appropriate to review the case at a later stage and , if so , it must fix a review date ( s37(6) ) . |
| 8 | Threadworm is easily treated but unless the following precautions are taken the problem may recur . |
| 9 | In the result the justices on the second day of the hearing , the evidence having been taken the day before and the justices having indicated that they had reached a decision but would give their reasons the next day , made not an interim care order but two prohibited steps orders . |
| 10 | We were taken the few miles out to Wyton by RAF transport and in a short time , smiling falsely at each other and with our cumbersome parachutes bumping round our legs , we found ourselves walking out to the plane for our first flight . |
| 11 | Kāli had told me that it was no longer used , that if one more chip were taken the entire tree would topple . |
| 12 | Central ca n't film here because since these photographs were taken the air 's become too poisonous to breath . |
| 13 | Mason needed an X-ray on his right hand and repairs around both eyes after being taken the full distance by Wills on Wednesday night , but his heart and ambition remain undamaged . |
| 14 | Mason needed an X-ray on his right hand and repairs around both eyes after being taken the full distance by Wills on Wednesday night , but his heart and ambition remain undamaged . |
| 15 | The as regards to the other evidence , you have my two-page summary , er and therefore there is no risk of erm any erm leng length of time being taken the rest of . |
| 16 | It 's taken the most advanced microprocessor technology available today to create a range of instruments that at long last combine absolute accuracy and reliability with … simplicity ! |
| 17 | It 's taken the fun out of being a model . |
| 18 | nQue Technologies Corporation , a small Silicon Valley start-up , has mapped out a wholly different approach to the Windows-on-Unix issue so wily and obvious it 's amazing it 's taken the industry this long to come up with it . |
| 19 | NQue Technologies Corp , a Santa Clara County start-up , has mapped out a wholly different approach to the Windows-on-Unix issue so wily and obvious it 's amazing it 's taken the industry this long to come up with it . |
| 20 | " That 's taken the wind out of his sails . " |
| 21 | ‘ She 's taken the money , but got us nothing to eat at all ! ’ |
| 22 | He 's taken the very last shreds of my youth . |
| 23 | Mrs Chalk 's taken the day off … oh … ! ’ |
| 24 | An award to a man who 's taken the future of the world into his own hands . |
| 25 | She 's taken the old disc ? |
| 26 | Now I 've got through the first round , it 's taken the pressure off me a bit . |
| 27 | ‘ But that 's taken the pressure right off , ’ said jubilant Darlington captain Steve Rose . |
| 28 | It 's taken the club a couple of years to get its youth policy back on track , but all the signs now suggest that the current crop of teenagers is the most promising since John Robertson , Gary Mackay and David Bowman came through the ranks in the early Eighties . |
| 29 | So , moving on to another requirement of this law , which states that ‘ When a penalty kick is taken the following shall apply : ( a ) The kick must be taken without undue delay ; ( b ) the kick must be taken at or behind the mark on a line through the mark ; ( c ) The kicker may kick the ball in any direction and he may play the ball again , without any restriction except if he has indicated to the referee that he intends to attempt a kick for goal ’ . |
| 30 | Addressing the Assembly on June 25 Havel declared : " I share the view that the state of uncertainty can not be prolonged for ever and the sooner the decision is taken the better . |