Example sentences of "[noun prp] be taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently , classes I , II and III(N) are taken to be middle class , and III(M) , IV and V to be working class . |
| 2 | THE MIRACLES surrounding the funeral procession of Hugh of Lincoln are taken from the Flores Historiarum , a thirteenth and fourteenth-century text originally credited to Matthew of Westminster ( it was actually written by the monks of St. Albans and Westminster ) , and from the Nova Legenda Angliae by John Capgrave ( 1393–1464 ) . |
| 3 | Roy and Judy are taken to make-up to have those nerves calmed and for a bit of pampering . |
| 4 | Roach being taken from swims just above the by pass bridge . |
| 5 | In 1763 Collinson told Bartram of his concern for the Carolina : Captain Friend being taken by the Spaniards and carried into Bilboa , but as she was taken eleven or twelve days after the treaty was signed , she has been claimed and , I hear , this day , she will be delivered . |
| 6 | This afternoon the bodies of fifty two year old Roy Prescott and his forty seven year old wife Sue were taken from their cottage in this quiet Oxfordshire village . |
| 7 | Neighbours in Milton Keynes were taken by surprise . |
| 8 | The leading parts of Olivia Newton John and John Travolta were taken by float contest regulars of purchasing and deputy reactor manager . |
| 9 | Taylor yesterday underlined the lighter mood in the England camp when he kidded journalists : ‘ I am afraid Gazza 's taken a bad knock and I 've drafted in Vinnie Jones … ’ |
| 10 | If Spencer is taken as the model it seems clear that Victorian evolutionary social theory was far from being collectivist in its orientation . |
| 11 | ‘ If Neil 's taken any notice of the hints I 've dropped , it should be a new car . ’ |
| 12 | He is only waiting , as I am , until Famagusta is taken . ’ |
| 13 | And when it is finished ; when Famagusta is taken , what do you think will happen to you , and to me ? ’ |
| 14 | After Famagusta is taken , I propose that you and I face one another in public combat . |
| 15 | Brigadier Scott is taken to the Sergeants ' Mess to meet the Mess members , all of Whom have played vital parts either as instructors or in the administrative support of the recruits ' training , prior to lunching in the Officers ' Mess . |
| 16 | In golf 's World Matchplay Championship quarter-finals at Wentworth , Seve Ballesteros beats the American , Chip Beck , 9 and 8 , but Nick Faldo is taken to the 38th hole by South Africa 's David Frost before winning a sudden-death play-off . |
| 17 | If the work of the SDPP is taken alongside that of another team on school management , the School Management Task Force ( DES 1990a ) , the benefit emerges of seeing how detailed proposals for management and review penetrate deep into the daily work of the school and how that detail can be set in the larger context of characteristics ( thirteen in number ) of effective schools ( DES 1990a : 5-6 ) , set against six management tasks which are regarded as having high priority following the 1988 Act . |
| 18 | In the Ethiopian revolution no one for a long time knew the fate of Haile Fida , leader of the left-wing Meison group : I only had his death confirmed when the Ethiopian lift-operator in a DC hotel told me he had been in the same cell when Haile was taken out to be shot . |
| 19 | In 1918 Lymn & Rambush was taken over by the Power-Gas Corporation of Stockton-on-Tees . |
| 20 | Halil Guzel was taken into overnight custody by the regular police at Istanbul airport when he landed on Thursday . |
| 21 | We were all very sorry to learn that Jean was taken seriously ill just prior to the Christmas holiday resulting from a brain haemorrhage . |
| 22 | But the Riddifords good fortune ran out when , soon after work began , Dennis was taken ill . |
| 23 | Therefore Carol 's daughter is not Julie , whilst Donna was taken to see Mary Poppins , so it must have been Linda who went with Carol to see Jungle Book . |
| 24 | Donna was taken into foster care at the end of 1986 , and there seems little prospect of her returning to live with Margy in the near future . |
| 25 | Ari was taken aback by the vehemence of his last remark . |
| 26 | But any charm the scenery may have had was lost on one member of the crew : James McKeatling was taken sick in the far-from-healthy climate , and was left on shore . |
| 27 | The following morning Richard was taken down to the treatment room and given his first induction of air . |
| 28 | In his teens , with his father 's health deteriorating , Richard was taken to Hollywood to be his ‘ personal assistant ’ . |
| 29 | Richard was taken to Stratford-upon-Avon for a week where they saw Marlowe 's Dr Faustus and the ex-schoolteacher had his ward up in the morning in the hotel gardens to study and learn by heart the great speeches . |
| 30 | In February 1944 , after his twentieth victory , nineteen of them at night , Braham was taken off intruder and escort work and put in charge of night operations at No. 2 Light Bomber Group headquarters . |