Example sentences of "be taken to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , those who most seem to be themselves appear to me people impersonating what they think they might like to be , believe they ought to be , or wish to be taken to be by whoever is setting standards . |
| 2 | The doctor 's certificate must be taken to the Registrar of Births and Deaths in the registration sub-district where the death occurred , normally within five days . |
| 3 | If someone dies in hospital , they may rest in the hospital mortuary , or the funeral director will arrange for the body to be taken to the chapel of rest . |
| 4 | Everyone has the right to a church funeral , and for the body to be taken to the church , but it is not necessary to have a service at a funeral whether it is a burial or a cremation . |
| 5 | Already as a young man of twenty-four he had pressed Eliot 's claims upon his seniors , John Crowe Ransom and Donald Davidson , in the circle of the Nashville ‘ fugitives ’ ; and this initially provincial dispute was played out on a national stage as early as 1923 when , in the New York Evening Post Literary Review , Ransom , with the courtly composure that was to be his hallmark , tried to promote Robert Graves before Eliot , only to be taken to task in the same columns by his younger associate . |
| 6 | The rigours of testing do not end next week as eight people , chosen by the Soviets and the British , will be taken to a Soviet hospital for further tests , the nature of which is as yet unclear . |
| 7 | We moved from the orchard taking the prisoners with us and leaving the wounded to be taken to the rear . |
| 8 | On the other hand agricultural land is fixed so that beasts and tools have to be taken to the fields and then off them . |
| 9 | I refused to be taken to school , but every morning before I left , the other wives would come and put make-up all over my face – – bright red lipstick and things . |
| 10 | I was told by Mary Dines , former General Secretary of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants , that , in the past , ‘ it was a fairly frequent occurrence that these young girls , straight from their grandmothers ' houses , would be taken to Holloway prison , their pubic hair shaved off , and examined for VD . ’ |
| 11 | The machine could either stand on the threshing floor of an orthodox flail-threshing barn , which provided shelter from the weather , or it could be taken to the ricks in the fields . |
| 12 | ASOFTLY-SOFTLY approach is to be taken to the owners of one of Britain 's strangest threatened landscapes , the Clint-and-Gryke limestone pavements of the Yorkshire Dales . |
| 13 | The shop stewards also decided that all accident and emergency cases would be taken to the nearest accident and emergency department . |
| 14 | The church door has a beautiful Norman doorknocker in the form of the head of a feline animal , and there is an interesting American organ , installed in 1924 , which can be taken to bits and transported with ease . |
| 15 | Nine o'clock for someone to be taken to — ’ ( It was the day-care centre for the very old — those no longer able to manage for themselves . ) |
| 16 | He was also intrigued by the breed 's ability to breed all year round , and to drop rangy lambs that could be taken to 18kg with little risk of over-fatness . |
| 17 | Alida Thorne wiped away the tears with the back of her soft hand , only wanting to be taken to bed , like a child , and soothed , to have someone decide and make arrangements , tell her that all would be well , she should have her way . |
| 18 | The day was still dank and moist when I emerged , but I called a taxi from the rank outside , and asked to be taken to the ruins of Holford House , once the home of Mr Harvey-Beaumont . |
| 19 | Still reflecting on buns , my favourite food , I called a taxi and in lordly tones asked to be taken to Lansdowne Road , home of Jazz News magazine . |
| 20 | Outside the church , I found a taxi rank , jumped in a taxi and asked to be taken to the village that gave County Louth its name . |
| 21 | Of course Ferdinando would be taken to Rome . |
| 22 | The embrace can be taken to extremes . |
| 23 | Then we were requested to assemble in the lobby , ready to be taken to the Riverside Theatre for the opening public event . |
| 24 | No places were to be taken to be within the forest if no Forest courts had been held , verderers elected or regards made in them since 1565 . |
| 25 | He allegedly refused to treat the boy , insisting that he should be taken to hospital . |
| 26 | He said that Stompie must be taken to a hospital if his life was to be saved . |
| 27 | Both times the hope was that Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire and Leicestershire coal could be taken to London cheaply and quickly . |
| 28 | Nor is the law an arid statement of ideals , for defaulters may be taken to court by their partners . |
| 29 | Given the ecumenical spirit which has prevailed in many school religious assemblies for a number of years , it was hardly surprising that serious objection would be taken to the emphasis on Christian traditions that was incorporated into the law on collective worship . |
| 30 | She had to be taken to hospital for treatment . |