Example sentences of "[be] taken [adv prt] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | But during this period , in order that the school 's reputation remain intact , he should be taken on in some capacity and paid a salary , that of a youth employment officer 's assistant , for example . |
| 2 | Sabine had half expected to be taken round to some tradesman 's entrance , but Marie-Christine led the way to the main door , chattering nineteen to the dozen , clearly relieved that her mission was almost accomplished . |
| 3 | has got to be taken off at some other time erm |
| 4 | Outside the party the syndicalists had formed a " Left " of the unions and this had been taken over to some extent by the Communist Party of Great Britain , founded in 1920 . |
| 5 | A crotchety old bugger ( any kid 's grandfather ) who had , in a state of terror , escaped in his machine from an advanced civilisation on a distant planet which had been taken over by some unknown enemy . |
| 6 | More recently Marrakesh had been taken over by some of the biggest names in haute couture . |
| 7 | He went bounding up the stairs , three or four at a time , praying to himself the room had n't been taken over by some amorous couple while he 'd been away , cursing himself for doubting her . |
| 8 | The first is the ‘ life course ’ approach which was first developed by sociologists , but has recently been taken up by some historians . |
| 9 | He 's a gifted songwriter whose tunes have been taken up by some of the country 's top folk singers . |
| 10 | However , this young man , besides having the wrong car , was not the most talented of drivers and my first ten minutes were taken up with some anxiety about the likelihood of our arriving at the Consulate intact . |
| 11 | But Stone Bassett bit the dust , the case against the development was taken up by some of the highest paid planners in the land and sounded a massive victory for conservationists . |
| 12 | He died very soon afterwards , and this young daughter was taken in by some poor people . |