Example sentences of "[pron] was taken [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had ages together before I was taken off to the ward . |
| 2 | I was taken back to the cell , where I started throwing the furniture about . |
| 3 | I was taken down to the block [ punishment wing ] and they left me there for two days . |
| 4 | Sadly , Il Filarete died before completing his masterwork which was taken up by the Milanese Guiniforte Solari . |
| 5 | A founder in 1913 of the Anglo-Hellenic League , he wrote numerous articles supporting Greek territorial claims and upholding Venizelos in his feud with King Constantine I. With R. W. Seton-Watson [ q.v. ] , a colleague at King 's , Burrows formulated in the autumn of 1915 the unsuccessful scheme , which was taken up by the Foreign Office , to lure Greece into the war of 1914–18 on the side of the entente through the offer of Cyprus . |
| 6 | Instead of answering his own question , Rafiq let out a high-pitched wail , which was taken up by the rest of the men . |
| 7 | In a report from Leningrad , Pravda revealed that the city 's first secretary , Mr Anatoly Gerasimov , had been relieved of his post , which was taken over by the Leningrad regional boss , Mr Boris Gidaspov , combining the two jobs . |
| 8 | In a report from Leningrad , Pravda revealed that the city 's first secretary , Mr Anatoly Gerasimov , had been relieved of his post , which was taken over by the Leningrad regional boss , Mr Boris Gidaspov , combining the two jobs . |
| 9 | Union ( which was taken over by the Grand Junction in 1894 ) — that if the canal was to survive , extensive repairs were essential . |
| 10 | Well we went into the Rifle Brigade Barracks at Winchester and used to work out at a big house outside of Winchester so we had to march out there and then at the time of Dunkirk , they were looking for places to put all the soldiers that they 'd brought and er , we were cleared out of Barnet , er out of Winchester Barracks and posted up to Nottingham and we worked in the factory , which was taken over by the Army then and erm , and then whilst there , I suppose that was about nineteen what , about nineteen fo coming up to nineteen forty two , they decided to have a recheck or rethink on medicals , so we were all subject to another medical and they put me back to A one and says , right we 're getting rid of all A one personnel out of the Pay Corp , you have a choice Royal Army Ordnance Corp or the Royal Artillery . |
| 11 | About a dozen mental patients going through rehabilitation in Aylesbury have been working on the boat which was taken on by the Dandelion Trust . |
| 12 | The crowd also demanded the removal of the two remaining statues of Stalin from central Ulan Bator , one of which was taken down by the authorities on Jan. 16 . |
| 13 | Under hypnosis she was taken back to the first day of her stay in hospital — the day before the operation itself . |
| 14 | She was taken back into the house and made to fill a bath and to get into it . |
| 15 | This was bad luck on Helga , who got drunk with an American soldier and was not allowed to forget it , and on Hildegard , who was taken in by the police when she was seen talking to an ex-convict , but worked in favour of Martin , who made quite a business out of playing cards for money but who was judged ‘ on the whole to be doing no worse than any other boy of his age in his particular Position ’ . |
| 16 | In its earliest history the building housed the guardian of the eastern gate , but it was taken over by the Fontana family and completely remodelled , a reshaping that was carried out with all the grace of Renaissance art . |
| 17 | Dovercourt had just one season as a holiday camp before it was taken over by the RCM as short-term accommodation for refugee children . |
| 18 | Until 1980 , this was the British Country Club ; then it was taken over by the Regional Government and reverted to its original name , being opened as a Public park . |
| 19 | In 1977 , however , it was taken over by the institut , and when their funds were depleted a mainly American foundation came to the rescue . |
| 20 | Oh since this firm took over , well it was not B M K you know but it was taken over by the |
| 21 | It was taken over by the British Transport Commission ( later to become British Rail ) in 1949 and much of the magnificent original decoration and marble was either taken away , covered up or painted over . |
| 22 | Until 1860 this was the work of the college of commerce ; but in that year it was taken over by the foreign ministry and ten years later replaced by an annual list of Swedish diplomats and ministry officials . |
| 23 | With trading settlements and ports of call at Goa , the Cape and Lisbon , the Portuguese undermined the economy of the Mameluke Empire to such an extent that it was taken over by the Ottomans in 1517 . |
| 24 | It was taken over by the Pittard Group in 1987 but made serious losses in the last three years . |
| 25 | The jail was the scene of a hunger strike during the War of Independence after it was taken over by the military authorities in 1915 . |
| 26 | The common belonged to the people until the early 1970s when it was taken over by the council . |
| 27 | The case centres on large-scale purchase of shares in the United States company , Triangle Industries Inc , just before it was taken over by the French state-run aluminium firm , Pechiney SA , in 1988 . |
| 28 | Three years ago it was taken over by the Queen 's Moat Houses group and new performance disciplines were imposed . |
| 29 | He said that He used to tell me about his country that you know it was taken over by the Russians and then it 'd be taken over by the Germans and You know what I mean . |
| 30 | Dale 's new owners , Sir David Guyler , Eric Dring , and Colin Speed who established the company in the early nineteen seventies it was taken over by the multinational Beaufort Group in nineteen eighty nine and by September this year the workforce had been cut from two hundred to just a hundred and ten . |