Example sentences of "be taken [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In any case most of the time required will be taken up at the beginning , in the planning and drawing out of the plan on paper , in choosing the plants , and in soil preparation and planting .
2 This may be taken either at the time of your child 's birth or during the weeks following , for example , when the mother and baby leave hospital .
3 He tells her , too , about the toy drawer in which the pencil-case was originally lost , and the characteristic choking dusty smell it would develop as the toys in it became mixed up with each other to form a kind of solid pudding , which had to be taken out at the end of each school holidays , and separated once again into its components .
4 Nothing white should ever be taken in at the waist .
5 STUART CANVAS PRODUCTS produce traditional wooden sightscreens , designed to be taken down at the end of the season for service and storage .
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