Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] taken [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we had an income tax in the model so that some part of any extra income received was taken in taxes by the government , total withdrawals would rise and the multiplier would be smaller . |
| 2 | When life-expectancy figures are calculated , everyone who has been born and died is taken into account in arriving at the average life-expectancy figures . |
| 3 | And it gives support to the idea that treating the colic is important , because the children in the study all had serious health problems as a result of their sensitivity to milk — problems that might have been avoided if they had been taken off cow 's milk at an earlier age . |
| 4 | The decision to impose a state of emergency in late November had been taken without Khan 's knowledge , while he was in Saudi Arabia inspecting the Bangladesh military contingent in the Gulf . |
| 5 | To evaluate perinatal mortality rates as a method of auditing obstetric and neonatal care after account had been taken of transfer between hospitals during pregnancy and case mix . |
| 6 | Where there was evidence to show that such a decision had been taken for reasons of national security , this would be accepted to ‘ preclude judicial investigation of [ the ] particular … grievance ’ . |
| 7 | Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed after a venous blood sample had been taken for determination of serum concentrations of urea , gastrin , and pepsinogen I. Immediately after passing the instrument , 10 ml of gastric juice were collected by means of a trap in the suction line . |
| 8 | A study by US scientist Stephen Leatherwood in 1984 suggested that between 2600 and 3000 black dolphins had been taken for crab bait in only two years . |
| 9 | He was a senior , dedicated member , and it did n't at first appear that he had committed any atrocities , but we later found out that he was responsible for denouncing people who had anti-Fascist sympathies , and that it was because of him that we had been taken to Tabiano . |
| 10 | Then Liza told me that Mrs Mitchell had died in childbirth and that Nelly herself had been taken to Wolverhampton to live with an aunt and uncle . |
| 11 | David had originally made a demo with John Hutchinson , a demo which had been taken to Philips who were releasing in this country for Mercury Records in America , and they all agreed that this would be the first single under that contract . ’ |
| 12 | Miss Azovtseva also denied that the escaped whales — one of which is still in the Mediterranean — had been taken to Sevastopol from the Pacific coast for military research . |
| 13 | Even after her father had been taken to court for the abuses his family suffered , he quickly began to turn his attention to the girls , including Penny — by then married and seven months pregnant . |
| 14 | So , although she was aware of getting ‘ red ’ letters , she never realised that she had been taken to court . |
| 15 | Too ill to speak , he had been taken to Marblehead , Massachusetts . |
| 16 | Peter Watt had been taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary by ambulance on Thursday at the request of his doctor . |
| 17 | Mr Wood recalled an incident last year when the Stokesley group was asked to find a site for the release of a badger which had been taken to Throckley . |
| 18 | He felt sorry for his opponent , whose close friend and helper had been taken to hospital during the race , so he decided to give his spirits a lift by allowing him to win , but did so without letting anyone else realise exactly what was happening . |
| 19 | But it explained the numbers that did n't add up — though not why Brigitte Schickert was shown on her certificate as having died in Dornhausen when everybody seemed to know she had been taken to hospital . |
| 20 | Jonathan had been taken to hospital and his blood sugar level had been found to be abnormally low . |
| 21 | The youngster had been taken to hospital , where he had spent two days after an operation . |
| 22 | After he had been taken to hospital by ambulance the judge , Lord Morison , adjourned the trial until Monday . |
| 23 | During our journey we had been taken to Sherwood Forest , where we had a short while to look around and similarly at Chatsworth house . |
| 24 | They said that it was of himself and that the parcel contained a gun which had been taken to pieces so that he could carry it inconspicuously . |
| 25 | In April 1943 Nazi German forces occupying the Smolensk area had disinterred what wartime and post-war international investigators concluded to be the remains of former Kozelsk camp inmates , who apparently in early 1940 had been taken to Katyn forest and shot . |
| 26 | She had been taken to Hastings Hospital and was now waiting for X-ray results . |
| 27 | There was trouble at Bazas , and a major dispute in Dax , where the bishopric had been taken into Edward 's hands in 1272 , and the townspeople resisted Tany by force . |
| 28 | I learnt from Otto before I left that Ahmed had been taken into custody prior to being deported . |
| 29 | It appears to reflect a course of practice , developed during the latter part of the 19th century , to abstain from questioning , not after charge , but after the suspect had been taken into custody ; and it appears that in general any evidence obtained from such questioning was regarded as inadmissible : see Archbold 's Criminal Pleading Evidence & Practice , 28th ed. ( 1931 ) , p. 407 . |
| 30 | They informed me that my Mom had been taken into hospital and I was to be taken into care until she recovered . |