Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] been taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that the Colonello had been taken away , the only Italian from the camp who remained was one of the two interpreters , Capitano Camino , who had an excellent command of English because he had been a businessman in England before the war . |
| 2 | The Magistrate , for example , when told that Mrs Wright had been taken ill , showed no interest whatsoever , and when further informed , a little later , that she had given birth , observed dryly : " I 'm surprised that she had the energy . " |
| 3 | Faye had been taken to Labour and Delivery , where she waited in a private room for Dr Greene 's arrival . |
| 4 | It was just a few days after eight children from the W family from South Ronaldsay had been taken into care . |
| 5 | The decision to impose a state of emergency in late November had been taken without Khan 's knowledge , while he was in Saudi Arabia inspecting the Bangladesh military contingent in the Gulf . |
| 6 | I knelt at once to pray and prayed most dutifully till morning when I expected a letter telling me Oreste had been taken . |
| 7 | Or rather the house in Mouncy Street had been taken over by a succession of dead bodies . |
| 8 | Robert had been taken prisoner in his turn and , for the time being , hostilities had ceased while both sides licked their wounds and took stock of the situation . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Colt had been taken to the hotel where the target was staying … |
| 11 | Mitcham Road depôt in Aurelia Road , West Croydon , remained closed and empty , the connecting curve , which joined the main road towards Mitcham had been taken out on 8 December 1935 . |
| 12 | After Mr Kennedy had been taken back to their villa by his wife , Shelley entered the details of the case into a file , and wondered if she need take any further action . |
| 13 | I thought Lee had been taken for a ride , and said so . |
| 14 | ( This helps to explain why so many English liberals ceased to support France when they heard that Paris had been taken over by the ‘ mob ’ in 1793 . ) |
| 15 | He gave an ironic smile , content that Montgomery had been taken in . |
| 16 | Before her marriage Anna had been taken up as one of the handful of pet Americans and now , although they did not know exactly what had happened , everybody in London sided with her . |
| 17 | What was left of Jonathan Riddle had been taken away by attendants to be stored in a refrigerated drawer until the coroner issued his certificate for disposal . |
| 18 | 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 … . |
| 19 | Peter Watt had been taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary by ambulance on Thursday at the request of his doctor . |
| 20 | I learnt from Otto before I left that Ahmed had been taken into custody prior to being deported . |
| 21 | On 11 April 1986 Minnie Keenan was listening to the radio in her east Belfast home when she heard the news that her son Brian had been taken hostage in Beirut . |
| 22 | ‘ I could not understand why , if Allingham had been taken by a seizure , he had not tried to open the door , turn the key and call for help . |
| 23 | I went for news again and this time was told that both my father and Dr Sambataro had been taken to the San Francesco Prison , a civilian prison in Parma . |
| 24 | She must have misunderstood Tracey last night when he rang to say that Sykes had been taken away . |
| 25 | She went on Friday morning , you see , so she 'd no idea Sykes had been taken in . |
| 26 | Once the vote on Europe had been taken ( an overwhelming majority in favour of the platform 's motion ) , he had slipped out of the hall , pausing only to watch and listen while , at the bidding of the cameras , the national chairman of the YCs blew his trumpet for the umpteenth time . |
| 27 | Rumour had it that Sir Hector 's influence was the only reason George had been taken on in the first place . |
| 28 | If an appeal to France was subsequently made , a system of agreed delays in hearing at Paris , until further action by the ducal courts in Aquitaine had been taken , was instituted . |
| 29 | Increasing financial difficulties became another problem when Rotha Lintorn Orman 's mother cut her allowance , believing that the BF had been taken over by disreputable elements , who lived off her daughter 's money and manipulated her by making her increasingly dependent on alcohol and drugs . |
| 30 | The Long family continued to run the latter mill up to the end of the 19th century , hut by 1870 New Mills had been taken over and substantially reorganised by Tubbs and Lewis , who converted it to production of elasticated fabric . |