Example sentences of "be taken [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like watching a film or a play and you 're totally caught up in what 's going on and you 're taken out of yourself and everything suddenly has colour and meaning and magic and you forget that outside the rain 's tippling down and tomorrow 's homework has n't been done and you 've got to wash the car to pay Dad back for the money you borrowed to come to the film because you were skint till the end of next week . |
| 2 | ‘ I deplore the attitude that people can be taken on without any training , ’ says Mr Boswell . |
| 3 | Such changes enabled junior partners to be taken on without initial capital contributions and to buy their way in effectively through restrictions on their drawings . |
| 4 | You are also far less likely to be taken on for training . |
| 5 | It is here in the tiny , pumping heart of Europe 's ready-to-wear industry that hundreds of sans-papiers , immigrants without work permits , come to be taken on for errands that could last half an hour or a day . |
| 6 | He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play . |
| 7 | After three years , the WIPers would be taken on as normal university staff . |
| 8 | but how do you I mean do you have to be taken on as officers of the R A F |
| 9 | If you are not disciplined enough to arrive at the agency as though dressed for work you may not be taken on to the books . |
| 10 | The train would be allowed to cross the border if there was an absolute assurance that the children would be taken on to Britain . |
| 11 | They could also be taken on to rough pasture , to distant resources , or even kept in woodland ( their natural habitat ) , though milkers would not be taken too far from the settlement . |
| 12 | Animals arrive with forged documentation which claims that they have been bred in captivity , and which therefore entitles them to be taken on to other western destinations . |
| 13 | It stated that any women then in composing rooms could remain there , but that no new recruits were to be taken on before 30 June 1916 . |
| 14 | A stranger asking for employment at the mine would not , unless he was skilled in the mining trade , expect to be taken on in a partnership so readily , though a labour shortage might improve his chances . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The bid approved by the county 's police committee is for 18 extra constables and two more sergeants to be taken on from 1993 . |
| 17 | The proposal approved by the county 's police committee is for 18 extra constables and two more sergeants to be taken on from 1993 . |
| 18 | Most of Grampian 's sales staff will be taken on by TVMM , and the group expects to make savings through increased usage of resources such as research , computers and office space . |
| 19 | So far as I am aware , we have no evidence , for example , to show whether male unemployment which in some areas has been higher than the rate for females , has enabled tending tasks of old relatives to be taken on by men who remain at home . |
| 20 | David Wheatley , 28 , lived in a fantasy after failing to be taken on by the Force . |
| 21 | Furthermore , they were less likely to have applied to be taken on by the firm 's main competitor , which took over its order book , or to look for another job before leaving the firm . |
| 22 | ( Chairing the meetings rests with the house manager , but at Washington Street this is soon to be taken on by residents . ) |
| 23 | Housing , health and social work each provide part of the finance and the management of the project may be by a committee representing all three authorities or may be taken on by one of the participating organisations or by a voluntary body which specialises in carrying for dementia sufferers . |
| 24 | Presented to the Society by Mr J E Cadwallader from Capetown , South Africa - the last employee to be taken on by the Bishop 's Castle Railway . ) |
| 25 | At the Russian Supreme Soviet session on Feb. 13 it was announced that responsibility for farm reform would be taken on by Russian Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi , whose public criticism of Yeltsin 's economic reform had become increasingly sharp over previous weeks . |
| 26 | A small firm may feel vulnerable and unable to compete effectively and look to be taken over , though with an agreement that those of its partners who do not retire should be taken on by the new firm . |
| 27 | All this sort of responsibility will be taken on by the reception centre . |
| 28 | Haram , 23 , was one of just two artists from across the country to be taken on by the charity which promotes ‘ young musicians of exceptional quality ’ . |
| 29 | The basic divide is over whether the future management objectives can be achieved on a voluntary basis , as at present , or whether they should be taken on by a powerful national park authority , with separate funding and planning powers . |
| 30 | 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 . |