Example sentences of "[noun sg] was take [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The above extract was taken out of the ‘ Welsh Marches ’ section . |
| 2 | The hen was taken out of the cage , held up and its throat cut . |
| 3 | At some time prior to 1810–1811 , the mill was taken out of the cloth trade and converted to a corn mill , run by William Clissold . |
| 4 | Each infantry battalion and armoured regiment had to have an operational ‘ peg ’ , but much of the sting was taken out of the Sandys Reformation , as far as the Army was concerned , by many of its regiments having 2nd and 3rd battalions , which could be amalgamated with 1st battalions as National Servicemen ran out , thus preserving regimental traditions . |
| 5 | With the exception of two seminars on the assessment of enterprise skills , the focus on teaching and learning was taken out of the programme and shifted to a two-day conference ( with a menu of sessions to which staff can opt in ) held in June 1993 in conjunction with the Educational Development Unit . |
| 6 | When we arrived at the station an enormous suitcase was taken out of the car . |
| 7 | SUAVE Dancer was taken out of the betting for the Arc de Triomphe yesterday . |
| 8 | When so-called ‘ marginal land ’ around the periphery of the LFA was surveyed between 1980 and 1982 , none of the existing LFA land was taken out of the LFA in spite of the arbitrary nature of the boundary . |
| 9 | Perhaps it would be better if the sport of boundary disputing was taken out of the hands of lawyers who are , by nature , adversarial . |
| 10 | Workers at a department store have had their pensions frozen because money was taken out of the fund before the shop was sold to new owners . |