Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [been] take [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trevors parents say their son should have been taken to hospital straight away , not left in pain for two hours . |
| 2 | His father , John Murphy , said he should have been taken to Durham Prison , where medical treatment which he said his son needed was available if necessary . |
| 3 | The big flag should have been taken off the the new green and it was n't . |
| 4 | Few will quarrel with the general principle that such steps should have been taken in Ulster . |
| 5 | Saddam Hussein 's decision , in compliance with UN Resolutions 664 , 667 and 674 [ see pp. 37639 ; 37759 ] , was cautiously welcomed by US President Bush , who emphasized , however , that " no single hostage should have been taken in the first place " . |
| 6 | It was also one which , in all the circumstances , should have been taken by the hospital authorities themselves on the Monday . |
| 7 | Under the complaints procedure action should have been taken within 20 working days . |
| 8 | The photograph must have been taken from about twelve feet in front of her , where I surmise Summerchild 's desk was . |
| 9 | The movement was not without criticism from those whose support might have been taken for granted ; Robertson Nicoll pronounced the 1894 Congress a ‘ failure ’ because ‘ it does not represent Nonconformity and it is wholly lacking in enthusiasm and initiative . ’ |
| 10 | The vast foyer was carpeted in the softest green imaginable , the walls were even paler , so that at first glance they might have been taken for white , and the venetian blinds were a perfectly blended shade of moss . |
| 11 | If not twins , they might have been taken for brother and sister . |
| 12 | But as we walked further the noise we had heard , which at first might have been taken for wind and rain , began to break up into shouts , cries , calls , over a ground-bass which I can only call a sigh : a deep sigh , repeated over and over , as if the wide world itself were sighing . |
| 13 | His eyes gleamed with what might have been taken for some inner illumination . |
| 14 | Had the attack been properly organized and coordinated , these vital heights might have been taken with little loss and the successes consolidated . |
| 15 | Dunkirk , Boulogne and Calais , through which British munitions and troops could pass in growing numbers , might have been taken at little cost during the Germans ' initial advance , now they would have to be fought for . |
| 16 | The car is unnumbered , suggesting that its number might have been taken by a new Standard car . |
| 17 | For a festival or a wedding feast a very similar dish , a gigot of mutton on a bed of sliced potatoes , might have been taken by Madame Escoffier senior to the village baker 's oven to cook . |
| 18 | It altered her appearance considerably , making her look older and quite severe , and in her new black working dress she could have been taken for a widow . |
| 19 | Like the rest of the staff , he wore a burgundy-coloured uniform although , apart from his name tag , it could have been taken for a regular formal suit . |
| 20 | The Prince was sitting quietly there , his hands clasped , staring down at the table , so silent he could have been taken for some studious monk ; his robes , however , were splendid , his fingers covered in precious rings , and his hair and golden beard carefully combed and oiled . |
| 21 | Squatting in the soil , knees bent double either side of her head , intent on her hands working between her legs , Carolyn could have been taken for only half her age . |
| 22 | Although there are no known examples in Britain , it is interesting to note the number of stones bearing the monogram built into the churches , suggesting that they could have been taken from the pagan monuments and re-used . |
| 23 | ‘ He could have been taken by surprise . |
| 24 | It was desperately hard to accept that this serene man , so calm , so dignified , such a majestic cricketer , could have been taken in this way . |
| 25 | There 's no fingerboard binding , and perhaps a little more care could have been taken in filling the ends of the fret-slots — mind you , that 's practically the only cosmetic flaw on the whole instrument . |
| 26 | A new s 382B is also added ; this provides that , if the sole member takes any decision that could have been taken in general meeting , that member shall ( unless it is a written resolution ) provide the company with a written record of it . |
| 27 | I 'd have been taken to a guardroom and asked to explain myself . " |
| 28 | Investigators say it 's possible the money may have been taken to Iraq or Turkey to buy refugee supplies on the spot . |
| 29 | Well I 'd like , Dave Girt , Leeds City , I 'd like s some recognition of West Yorkshire 's problems to be evident in er the deliberations , which er at the moment it 's it 's absent , it may it may have been taken into account but it 's absent in the exposition , and I I 'd also like some erm indication that competing development would not be massed on the boundaries of Leeds , that the scales of er the the distribution of the employment land seems to be to be biased towards those districts which which border Leeds . |
| 30 | Evans sees it as an adaptation of the Egyptian dog-ape , possibly developing from the monkey frescoes in the Knossos Labyrinth ; the monkey was not native to Crete and the animal may have been taken for a monster and so given an impulse to the creation of other monsters . |