Example sentences of "[prep] be taken [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man from the local education authority , after being taken over to the pub by Mr Malik , had announced his intention of sending his own son to the school . |
| 2 | After being taken over by the Catuvellauni they had a right to expect some restoration of their territories . |
| 3 | Gouache paintings completed on site become records of intense sessions of work , capable of being taken back to the studio to exist in their own right or to become resources of ideas for larger-scale studio canvases . |
| 4 | Lack of attention aside , his name still cropped up in many conversations but he was never in any real danger of being taken seriously within the circle of Manchester 's low art dwellers . |
| 5 | Despite being taken aback by the cost of kitting ourselves out , we went along to the local diving club , full of enthusiasm . |
| 6 | She could do with being taken down to the tennis courts probably and have a knock up . |
| 7 | JAGUAR and General Motors were last night locked in crucial talks over a deal which would safeguard the luxury car maker from being taken over by the rival US motor giant Ford . |
| 8 | He completed his thesis on Lorenzo di Credi and worked in Italy at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence and the Biblioteca Herziana , Rome , before being taken on by the Albertina , Vienna . |
| 9 | Most of them must first pass through a stage of being used within LE by black speakers , before being taken up by the LE speaking community as a whole . |
| 10 | Despite her complaint , Bonnie managed to down three pints of strong ale before being taken home in the light cart , driven by the young stable-lad . |
| 11 | We intend the proposed new rail link from the Channel Tunnel to King 's Cross to be taken forward by the private sector . |
| 12 | How far does the iron ore have to be taken inland to the nearest blast furnaces ? |
| 13 | Next year the event will be held in the Grand Hall of Olympia 1 , which will provide 50% more floor space to be taken up over the next five years . |
| 14 | Mankind will have to accept that this product of immense periods of time was indisputably in existence inside the evolutionary story , waiting to be taken up as the only source available from which could be acquired a foundation for the God that man must ultimately have , and which was not completely imaginary , and therefore subject to unlimited interpretations . |
| 15 | Thanks to his hobby some splendid pictures of his son and daughter 's early life were preserved — on their tricycles , walking through the local park , playing with their cousins , skating and skiing , and some more imposing ones of them with the grown-ups — getting into the car while Kerry the chauffeur holds the door open ; looking very serious with the uncles and aunts , their mother appearing to be taken up with the idea of not being photographed with them ! |
| 16 | That cultural regulation , as we have seen , is controlled by men , for ( and this brings me to the third point ) , within this scheme of thought , woman herself is placed more fully within the realm of nature than man in consequence of the fact that more of her time and her body are seen to be taken up with the natural processes surrounding reproduction of the species . |
| 17 | CONCERN about the freeze on its annual grant is to be taken up with the Scottish Arts Council by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra , which had expected an increase of at least 3 per cent . |
| 18 | As in the past , a collection is to be taken up for the Ecclesiastical Students Fund , and this will take the place of the regular second collection . |
| 19 | The usual collection is to be taken up for the Communications work of the Church . |
| 20 | I think those points perhaps ought to be taken up at the General Purposes Committee since er we have the problem of their decisions . |
| 21 | Hitherto a shameful brothel man , Salim is uplifted by their meetings in his flat : ‘ My wish for an adventure with Yvette was a wish to be taken up to the skies . ’ |
| 22 | True enough , but to be incorporated into the protein the radioactive amino acid has first to be taken up from the bloodstream into the neurons . |
| 23 | Its activity depended on its being sufficiently similar to be taken up by the chemical processes of the virus but sufficiently different to be useless to the virus and to jam its works . |
| 24 | I put a trimmed log in its place , to be taken up by the stair . |
| 25 | However , these recommendations have yet to be taken up by the profession and corporate reports in the business sector have largely remained concerned with fulfilling the statutory duties relating to reporting profit and loss . |
| 26 | Something that came up yesterday was interview you had , and Graham to make the comment , and he , he was trying to make the point that he , what he said , what he recommended , would have to be taken up by the council , and actually by the council when it happened . |
| 27 | This option might have to be taken up in the future when the V-bombers reached the end of their operational lives , unless the TSR 2 turned out to be as effective as the RAF hoped , and was able to extend the life of the airborne nuclear deterrent indefinitely . |
| 28 | David Wheatley , 28 , lived in a fantasy after failing to be taken on by the Force . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . ) |