Example sentences of "[be] [adv] take by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proliferation of this literature has so simplified going into our wilderness areas that readers are literally taken by the hand . |
| 2 | Parents turn up to see their own children doing something so attendance is bound to fall off if the major parts in the service are always taken by the same one or two children . |
| 3 | The tucuxi preys on some 28 fish species , but only 13 of these are also taken by the boto . |
| 4 | I 've no patience with pious , sexless females , but I 'm quite taken by the Romanies . |
| 5 | These are then taken by the counties and further refined . |
| 6 | Of the big names , Esther Rangzen 's two present front men , my eye and ear were most taken by the gifted and versatile Grant Baynham . |
| 7 | Despite the growing importance of state intervention through macroeconomic planning and industrial policies , the essential decisions about investment were still taken by the controllers of private capital , on the basis of private profitability . |
| 8 | Five hundred and thirty pounds in cash and a gold buckle ring of sentimental value were also taken by the heartless thieves , but it is the wedding rings that are most important to the woman and her fiance . |
| 9 | They took his men , restored them to health , and brought them safely to Pasaje , where they were nearly taken by the Spanish , but eventually they reached England at the end of 1583 to find that Edward Hayes [ q.v. ] , whose Golden Hind was the only vessel to survive , accused Clerke of having cast away the Delight . |
| 10 | ( The 1st oboe can , of course , be dropped without impairing the sense of climax , as its place is actually taken by the 1st clarinet . ) |
| 11 | Whilst each House is the sole author of its own Standing Orders , proposals may emanate from any source although initiatives are commonly taken by the Clerk and a common source of proposals is the reports of select committees specially constituted to consider a particular matter . |
| 12 | The speaker was much taken by the Lesothans . |
| 13 | James , who would in 1932 , publish a biography of Cipriani , was much taken by the personality of this man who , with his organised labour movement posed a real threat to the colonial authorities . |
| 14 | He was instantly taken by the oozy Frenchness of her and the fact that she looked so much like himself . |
| 15 | I was also taken by the way the cute-looking tawny owls just sat there on their perches , looking at each other with one eye open . |
| 16 | The eventual combination of colour , texture and tone seemed quite pleasing and I was particularly taken by the subtle effect that arose from having a different background colour beneath the corners and sides of the border . |
| 17 | Devine was particularly taken by the ornamental designs on the Scuttlers ' belts , produced with metal pins : ‘ These designs include figures of serpents , a heart pierced with an arrow ( this appears to be a favourite design ) , Prince of Wales ’ feathers , clogs , animals , stars , etc. , and often either the name of the wearer of the belt or that of some woman . ’ |
| 18 | His wife Betty was n't taken by the cake at all ; she wrote and told me that she did n't find the flavour to her taste . |
| 19 | Mort Homme was ultimately taken by the Germans , though at terrible cost . |
| 20 | The political initiative was again taken by the radicals : on this occasion the Liberal Unionists led by Joseph Chamberlain , upon whose support the Conservative government of Lord Salisbury depended ( Redlich and Hirst 1958 ; Dunbabin 1963 ) . |