Example sentences of "taken in [conj] " in BNC.

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1 On collecting these names I began to wonder whether I was being taken in but so many came up on independent lists that the villagers sent in that I am sure they are authentic .
2 Erm basically we 've spent more than we 've erm taken in but that was a deliberate policy agreed on by the committee we 've already mentioned Norman 's flats erm that has been a most worthwhile expenditure and we 've got to look at that as a long-term investment because we 've got flats which are going to last for years and our expenditure which was getting on for fifteen hundred pounds will not have to be repeated .
3 The day 's activities included a slide show of photographs taken in and around Southall .
4 Most of the merchandise outside greengrocers ' and florists ' had already been taken in and now it was the turn of the sunblinds to be furled and waterproof awnings to take their place .
5 After the hearing Mr Rodmell , said : ‘ Great swathes of beach are being taken in and put under the banner of Sites of Special Scientific Interest , which makes things very difficult for us when we need bait .
6 As her natural mother had been unable to care for her , she had been taken in and looked after by an uncle and aunt .
7 Nigel was taken in and I waited .
8 Taken in and taught by rancher Turnstall , he turns into a raging avenger when Turnstall is shot .
9 The clients are taken in and out of the stock , then sometimes settle back in it before the account is over .
10 So I was taken in and the first job I was taken , by this young fella , eighteenish , big chap to me , but he said , Come on young'un , this is what you 've got ta do .
11 Nevertheless , we can distinguish areas where new land was being taken in and new settlements created .
12 The complete word is taken in and segmented into individual characters or strokes ( e.g. ( Higgins & Whitrow , 1984 ) , ( Wright , 1989 ) ) .
13 A little way on we came to another village , where some of the evicted had been taken in and given shelter .
14 environmental constraints if the organization is big enough to qualify as strategic , and I am really concerned about the planning er application in which I know that Da Professor Lock is interested that I think developments of that scale have nothing to do with the employment needs of the district , that they would in fact involve bringing in large numbers of people from other areas who as I have said before , might appreciate jobs nearer their present places of employment , and it would also unbalance the Harrogate housing market and put on pressure for more land to be taken in and around Harrogate for housing for the people who 'd come to that development .
15 Complicated when it has to be written down to or detailed where there 's a lot of information to be taken in and it 's a lot easier if it 's done that way because people can refer back to it all the time .
16 After nearly perishing on the moors , she is taken in and cared for by the Reverend St John Rivers and his sisters Mary and Diana .
17 Pregnant single women , for example , were often taken in until after the birth .
18 Black 's surf and Neil Young fascinations had been taken in when The Beach Boys ' ‘ I Know There 's An Answer ’ and ‘ Youngy 's Fuckin' ’ Up ’ played on the PA before his entrance .
19 Black 's surf and Neil Young fascinations had been taken in when The Beach Boys ' ‘ I Know There 's An Answer ’ and ‘ Youngy 's Fuckin' ’ Up ’ played on the PA before his entrance .
20 Mary Crawford says many harsh words about the aspect of marriage for example ‘ there is not one in a hundred of either who is not taken in when they marry .
21 Students were to be taken in as boarders , having been recommended by a respectable person who knew them or their families .
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