Example sentences of "taken [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four plays are taken chronologically , Henry V ( 1599 ) , As You Like It ( 1600 ) , Macbeth ( 1606 ) and The Winter 's Tale ( 1611 ) . |
| 2 | It is doubtful whether in either of these situations the action taken is primarily concerned with punishment ; but the first example could fall within the definition of corporal punishment in the Act , which requires the action to have been taken wholly or partly for the purposes of punishment . |
| 3 | His flotilla was taken wholly by surprise when fired upon by the British warships and turned tail . |
| 4 | Through you , Mr. Speaker , I wish to apologise unreservedly to the families involved in Friday 's bombing , to those who represent them in this House , and to all those in our wider society who would have taken wholly justified offence . |
| 5 | In fact Rufus had taken mostly to sleeping out-doors . |
| 6 | G-GWYN was pulled out the hangar , topped up with fuel and taken skyward . |
| 7 | This is no accident ; it seems likely that it results from a deliberate policy decision taken somewhere on high . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr. Bonanza thought it would be better for the young lady to be taken somewhere away from here , where she could rest and get well . ’ |
| 9 | I was being taken somewhere by car and a stop had been made at Kelvin 's petrol pumps opposite . |
| 10 | My friends were taken somewhere else and I found myself alone in a kind of dungeon at the end of a metal chute . |
| 11 | One of my greatest frustrations is having to tell my electors , in correspondence and personally , that there is nothing I can do about a proposal because a decision has already been taken somewhere else — albeit by ministers , one of whom is a Member of the House — that there is nothing that anyone can do because the decision has been taken outside these shores , so there is no point in writing to me . |
| 12 | Security issues and authentication have taken longest to finalise . |
| 13 | I think perhaps in the Habitat-Mothercare-BHS merger things have taken rather longer to settle down than they might have done if it had been a take-over . |
| 14 | But in America what he is mocking is an issue that is being taken rather seriously . |
| 15 | Dury , however , is a theatrical voice to be taken rather more seriously , as I discovered when I met him in his current lodgings , adjacent to the Swan Theatre . |
| 16 | I have seen you in the House , and though we have n't met , I have taken rather a fancy to you , and would like if I can to help your career . |
| 17 | All she had been told when she came round after the anaesthetic was that there had been a few complications and the operation had taken rather longer than had been expected . |
| 18 | Actual attitude theorists have on the whole taken rather lightly the task of distinguishing the particular kinds of attitudes expressed by those value statements which are distinctively ethical . |
| 19 | These spacious moments are in any case thrown away by being taken rather fast . |
| 20 | They report their statements , analyse their actions , and re-create their thoughts , so as to convey the reasons which account for why each step was taken rather than any other . |
| 21 | Two crops a year are now taken rather than one , and extensive desert reclamation schemes are underway . |
| 22 | Clare told me he 'd taken rather a lot of convincing — once he 'd determined to do the slightly naff champagne-pyramid stunt in the first place — not to try doing it with proper champagne flutes but to use the perry glasses like everybody else did ; too tall , too unstable otherwise . |
| 23 | Sorry to have taken rather a long time to reply but Andrew was in transit back to and around Italy . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sure you would , landlord , but I 've taken rather a fancy to this ale-house of yours . |
| 25 | With regard to what he said about Stratford school , if he had taken rather more interest in the school when it was in the control of Newham and insisted on the school keeping up to reasonable standards and if he now put pressure on Newham LEA to ensure that it raised standards in schools , he would be doing more for his constituents than he is by his performance today . |
| 26 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 27 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 28 | He added : ‘ This has all taken rather longer than we anticipated . |
| 29 | It was surprising the battle was won , for cultural and social symbolism has taken rather a knock in our rootless ‘ can-do ’ free market society . |
| 30 | The recent picture shows the ceremony at the crash site , the other was taken secretly on the day of the disaster . |