Example sentences of "[verb] and [be] take " in BNC.

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1 SWITZERLAND 's Pirmin Zurbriggen yesterday won his first race in over a year in the World Cup Alpine super-giant slalom down Sestriere 's fast and slippery Kandahar course , while the overall champion , Marc Girardelli , crashed and was taken to hospital .
2 Active development has and is taking place .
3 Axl sings like a yowling inflatable doll that has been wounded and is taking it personally .
4 Maggie had risen and was taking breakfast when he came in .
5 She fainted and was taken to hospital .
6 The decision to exactly where we were going and was taken , a joint decision by Sergeant and myself .
7 The following day she still had n't recovered and was taken to hospital .
8 Swire Sugden had arrived and was taking an aperitif with Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke in the drawing-room .
9 In the next 5 years , cigarettes yielding less than 10mg were introduced and were taken up by 46% of smokers .
10 The plaintiff fell and was taken to hospital , where his knee was X-rayed .
11 Changes in the law to this effect have taken and are taking place , while jurisdiction turns a blind eye towards much which would once have been rigidly repressed .
12 The rushing sound of the water finally subsided and was taken over by the hiss of the cistern refilling .
13 One morning , when I put the lights on , the Lunar Wrasse had the Lionfish cornered and was taking chunks out of it .
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