Example sentences of "[was/were] taken [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All emergency cases needing surgery were taken instead to Darlington Memorial Hospital . |
| 2 | They were taken sometime between Wednesday and 10am on Thursday . |
| 3 | Even his clothes were taken away for testing . |
| 4 | The two bodies were taken away to Cheltenham General Hospital where a post mortem is being carried out . |
| 5 | Ace hackers on clandestine projects for ruthless outfits like Frewin Maisang Tobermory were taken away at midnight in unmarked ambulances after collapsing with mysterious new conceptual diseases and cognitive dysfunctions . |
| 6 | A few weeks later they were taken away from Pushkin , away from St Petersburg and the European side of Russia where they had many supporters . |
| 7 | ‘ My people think you were taken away from New Orleans under threat and that you 're now stringing along just to see what I 'm up to . |
| 8 | Makeshift dwellings were bulldozed and some 30,000 occupants were taken away by lorry and left at a site at Jebel Awliya some 60 km further south . |
| 9 | The bones remaining within the intact pellets were found to be protected from weathering and after two years the pellets were taken apart by hand and the bones from them exposed again . |
| 10 | Few were taken seriously as individuals in their own right , one exception being the painter , Prunella Clough . |
| 11 | It was reported that an oath of allegiance was taken here to Philip . |
| 12 | He was taken straight to West Drayton police station and charged with possession of drugs . |
| 13 | It was taken instead in Gateshead thus depriving Darlington of the chance to have its name on a picture which would adorn walls as far apart as Headingley pavilion and West Indian embassies in Washington . |
| 14 | His flotilla was taken wholly by surprise when fired upon by the British warships and turned tail . |
| 15 | Just before the Penge route closed one car was taken away to Charlton works , overhauled and repainted in the L.C.C . |
| 16 | The dealer was taken away for questioning , and the painting was confiscated by the Gemäldegalerie who kept it for six months , attempting to resolve the situation themselves . |
| 17 | All honesty was taken away with K[ing] J[ames] " . |
| 18 | I was taken away in disgrace and I did n't care . |
| 19 | The power to inflict this punishment was taken away from police courts , and district courts were limited to ordering a total of twenty-five lashes . |
| 20 | Both Mr. Beloff and Mr. Richards , who appeared as amicus curiae , sought to extract from this passage , and from a comparable passage at p. 175B–C of that judgment , a proposition that the judicial duty to ensure that only fit and proper persons appear before them as barristers , which they perform through the machinery of the arrangements they have made , at their direction , with the Inns of Court , is somehow different in kind from the judicial duty , which existed until it was taken away by Parliament in 1990 , of determining who had the right of audience in different courts : see Abse v. Smith [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 21 | Ann Scott was taken away by Ministry of Defence police after cutting a perimiter fence . |
| 22 | As Colin French was taken away by police animal rights supporters in the public gallery began to cheer and clap . |
| 23 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |
| 24 | I was taken completely by surprise to find Dad standing over me . |
| 25 | As a result , he was taken completely by surprise when twelve stone of lean muscle powered into him at snake-like speed and wrenched the gun aside , the shot slamming into a very surprised Froebe , who staggered back , the impact of his body cracking one of the windows . |
| 26 | Seb was taken completely by surprise at the gruff announcement and he said , foolishly , ‘ I 'm not a gipsy . ’ |
| 27 | He had to report to the headmaster at four o'clock , and was taken there by force by Foggerty who caught him racing for the school gates when the bell went . |
| 28 | This was taken further with legislation which limited rate levels as well as spending . |
| 29 | The matter was taken further by R. A. Fisher and J. B. S. Haldane , but our present grasp of the subject is largely due to Hamilton . |
| 30 | The landlord was taken aback by Seb 's words , but he remained unmoving . |