Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [adv] taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been well taken care of by one of our professional crews , and offers a great chance to achieve one of these popular yachts . |
| 2 | For most of human history political domination in the shape of empires , hereditary rulers , aristocracies , has been largely taken for granted , notwithstanding sporadic revolts , so that Mosca 's ( 1896 ) observation that ‘ in all societies — from societies that are very meagrely developed and have barely attained the dawnings of civilization , down to the most advanced and peaceful societies — two classes appear — a class that rules and a class that is ruled ’ , is no more than the recognition of a historical and , as he says , ‘ obvious ’ fact . |
| 3 | Most of the former car works at Cowley is being demolished to make way for new development , but one building has been carefully taken down so it can be donated to the Oxford Bus Museum Trust . |
| 4 | ‘ I just feel it has been totally taken out of my hands . ’ |
| 5 | Modern psychology has been too taken with human drives and the abolition of guilt to take seriously enough the problem of evil in the world . |
| 6 | The challenge to increase membership has been imaginatively taken up by some groups . |
| 7 | And she has been so taken by her findings she has put them all down on paper . |
| 8 | The corner 's been quickly taken and knocked in long but cleared again by Leicester . |