Example sentences of "[vb past] be taken [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was in the paper that she 'd been taken from the harbour . |
| 2 | The effect of these two prescriptions was that the principal repayments of loans raised were taken off the balance sheet and put through the revenue account . |
| 3 | Rollo loved being taken to the gilt and plush ambience of Rules in Covent Garden , to which his riposte was Lock-Obers in Boston , which he protested was not so good . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | After returning the painting to the icon shop , the dealer subsequently received two contradictory letters , the first stating that ‘ his ’ Wtewael had been placed on the national index of important works of art that could not leave Germany , and the follow-up , which noted that the Wtewael had been taken off the index , and that it could , therefore , be exported . |
| 6 | The message read that she had been in the hotel that night ; that she had met David ; that a tape had been taken of the conversation ; that if he thought he could arrest her brother and charge him with murder , he should now try ; that , if he thought he could intern her whilst completely innocent , he should now try ; that several persons had listened to the conversation in the hotel that night and that one was an Ulster MP . |
| 7 | Colt had been taken to the hotel where the target was staying … |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He had been taken to the Colonel 's bungalow . |
| 11 | We met one of the Medics who informed me that the bodies of Les and the other three Commandos had been taken through the village and laid out with the other dead in front of the Chateau . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | On several occasions , according to Werner 's informants , groups of Toraja resistance fighters had been taken into the forest by the Japanese , machine-gunned , and left there as a warning to others . |
| 14 | Built by Justinian as the centre of Christian worship , this miraculous embodiment of space had been converted by the victorious Turks , with only minor modifications , into their foremost mosque and had been taken as the prototype for others which they built . |
| 15 | As the case of Italy indicates , even if there had been , researchers would have had to examine the activity of the local state very closely to establish what action had been taken upon the directive . |
| 16 | Downing Street said that the decision to provide help in addition to the inflation upgrading had been taken before the Budget and that there was therefore no U-turn . |
| 17 | The decision to produce fissile material in the United Kingdom had been taken before the breakdown and was regarded as non-negotiable in any circumstances … . |
| 18 | All the animals that were out when it flooded had been taken inside the house and the furniture in the house was on bricks . |
| 19 | The Association 's Director , Alan Mattingly , claimed that the decision to phase out indications of which land was Forestry Commission-XXXX owned had been taken in the light of plans to sell off Commission land . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | She had been still recovering her wits when Elaine had been taken from the booth by two more of the misshapen , black-robed , gurgling Counsellors . |
| 22 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days . |
| 23 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days , and found glowing ash — ‘ evidence ’ of destroyed papers . |
| 24 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days , and said they had found glowing ash as evidence that papers had been destroyed . |
| 25 | Too much had been taken from the ethos of the boys ' schools , including blazers and ties , which are hangovers from male attire of the Edwardian era . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But the man said he ‘ understood ’ a decision had been taken by the leadership of the UDA/ UFF to raid the homes of RUC officers in loyalist areas and ‘ subject their wives and children to similar treatment . ’ |
| 28 | Completely the wrong approach had been taken by the Government . |
| 29 | The decision to apply had been taken by the government in May 1991 . |
| 30 | Both crises arose from discontent over the financing of the war , but it is perhaps a measure of the king 's failing powers that whereas in 1340–1 the lead in attacking his ministers had been taken by the king himself , the initiative now rested with a group of lay nobles , chief amongst whom , if some of the chroniclers are to be believed , was the young Earl of Pembroke . |