Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] take [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would-be actors and actresses were rarely taken seriously by the Movement . |
| 2 | Photgraphs were produced in court and these pictures were also taken soon after the arrests . |
| 3 | On an operational level , however , the beneficial effects of price reductions on aggregate demand were never taken seriously in the neoclassical synthesis . |
| 4 | Both she and Bernard were continually taken aback by the way their staff threw themselves into the Ashley enterprise — although they expected nothing less and , in different ways it was they who inspired their employees to rise above whatever talents they thought they could offer . |
| 5 | Sharpe was somewhat taken aback by the girl 's directness , but he nodded . |
| 6 | Moran was so taken aback by the way Sheila had seized the envelope from his hand that he stood in amazement . |
| 7 | He was so taken aback by the poverty of the Tanzanian secondary school that he determined to do something about it when he returned to his own school , St Aloysius College in Glasgow . |
| 8 | The decision was apparently taken unilaterally by the Nigerian authorities , and appeared to reflect on Quainoo 's handling of the command , particularly the incident which led to the killing of Doe . |
| 9 | Members of the local black community were enraged by reports that the driver of the vehicle , Yoseph Lisef , 22 , who had sustained only minor injuries , was quickly taken away from the scene of the accident by a private Jewish ambulance service , whilst the more seriously injured children were left to wait for attention from a city ambulance crew . |
| 10 | He was slightly taken aback by the sheer size of the girl . |
| 11 | She was completely taken aback by the strength of his tone , its edge of moral indignation and the dignity with which it was delivered . |
| 12 | She was completely taken aback by the experience , and equated the work with ‘ … what they have on television where the fellow 's rolling in paint ’ . |