Example sentences of "have be take [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The photograph was taken on a favourable day or it could not have been taken at all . |
| 2 | Dunkirk , Boulogne and Calais , through which British munitions and troops could pass in growing numbers , might have been taken at little cost during the Germans ' initial advance , now they would have to be fought for . |
| 3 | Had the attack been properly organized and coordinated , these vital heights might have been taken with little loss and the successes consolidated . |
| 4 | The Prince was sitting quietly there , his hands clasped , staring down at the table , so silent he could have been taken for some studious monk ; his robes , however , were splendid , his fingers covered in precious rings , and his hair and golden beard carefully combed and oiled . |
| 5 | His eyes gleamed with what might have been taken for some inner illumination . |
| 6 | The vast foyer was carpeted in the softest green imaginable , the walls were even paler , so that at first glance they might have been taken for white , and the venetian blinds were a perfectly blended shade of moss . |
| 7 | A new s 382B is also added ; this provides that , if the sole member takes any decision that could have been taken in general meeting , that member shall ( unless it is a written resolution ) provide the company with a written record of it . |
| 8 | It was desperately hard to accept that this serene man , so calm , so dignified , such a majestic cricketer , could have been taken in this way . |
| 9 | There is in my judgment no objection to the decisions attacked in this case on the ground that they were or may have been taken by junior ministers rather than by the Secretary of State . |
| 10 | Under the complaints procedure action should have been taken within 20 working days . |