Example sentences of "to be taken to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , those who most seem to be themselves appear to me people impersonating what they think they might like to be , believe they ought to be , or wish to be taken to be by whoever is setting standards . |
| 2 | If someone dies in hospital , they may rest in the hospital mortuary , or the funeral director will arrange for the body to be taken to the chapel of rest . |
| 3 | Everyone has the right to a church funeral , and for the body to be taken to the church , but it is not necessary to have a service at a funeral whether it is a burial or a cremation . |
| 4 | Already as a young man of twenty-four he had pressed Eliot 's claims upon his seniors , John Crowe Ransom and Donald Davidson , in the circle of the Nashville ‘ fugitives ’ ; and this initially provincial dispute was played out on a national stage as early as 1923 when , in the New York Evening Post Literary Review , Ransom , with the courtly composure that was to be his hallmark , tried to promote Robert Graves before Eliot , only to be taken to task in the same columns by his younger associate . |
| 5 | We moved from the orchard taking the prisoners with us and leaving the wounded to be taken to the rear . |
| 6 | On the other hand agricultural land is fixed so that beasts and tools have to be taken to the fields and then off them . |
| 7 | I refused to be taken to school , but every morning before I left , the other wives would come and put make-up all over my face – – bright red lipstick and things . |
| 8 | ASOFTLY-SOFTLY approach is to be taken to the owners of one of Britain 's strangest threatened landscapes , the Clint-and-Gryke limestone pavements of the Yorkshire Dales . |
| 9 | Nine o'clock for someone to be taken to — ’ ( It was the day-care centre for the very old — those no longer able to manage for themselves . ) |
| 10 | Alida Thorne wiped away the tears with the back of her soft hand , only wanting to be taken to bed , like a child , and soothed , to have someone decide and make arrangements , tell her that all would be well , she should have her way . |
| 11 | The day was still dank and moist when I emerged , but I called a taxi from the rank outside , and asked to be taken to the ruins of Holford House , once the home of Mr Harvey-Beaumont . |
| 12 | Still reflecting on buns , my favourite food , I called a taxi and in lordly tones asked to be taken to Lansdowne Road , home of Jazz News magazine . |
| 13 | Outside the church , I found a taxi rank , jumped in a taxi and asked to be taken to the village that gave County Louth its name . |
| 14 | Then we were requested to assemble in the lobby , ready to be taken to the Riverside Theatre for the opening public event . |
| 15 | No places were to be taken to be within the forest if no Forest courts had been held , verderers elected or regards made in them since 1565 . |
| 16 | She had to be taken to hospital for treatment . |
| 17 | He especially liked to be taken to the home of a couple , to sleep securely between them if they 'd let him , and then in the morning to ask them questions about their house , about the furniture which they 'd chosen together . |
| 18 | Usually , his penis is then packed in ice — and he may well have to be taken to the operating theatre to have the blood clot removed from inside it . |
| 19 | She had the fit in the car on the way home , and she had to be taken to hospital for treatment . |
| 20 | On the question of the miners ' strike , one study refers to an episode in South Wales where the owner of a bus company was phoned by strikers who wanted to be taken to Derbyshire . |
| 21 | Maria kept asking to be taken to the theatre . |
| 22 | Often this seems to be taken to unnecessary lengths , since there are relatively few instances where seeing the book helps a selection decision , and even fewer where it is significant . |
| 23 | George and I were to be victims , I was to be taken to the top floor and George to the third floor up . |
| 24 | What was needed was that intention to make a legal act should be expressed ; this then had to be taken to be charged on the heir as trustee , since in that way the principle of benefit could be satisfied . |
| 25 | Marcellus says the condition on the manumission is not to be taken to be repeated in the case of the substitutes . |
| 26 | Need to be taken to the toilet at routine intervals , usually two-hourly . |
| 27 | As a young child living in North London it was a special treat to be taken to Broxbourne aerodrome on a summer Sunday to watch the magnificent men operating from this lovely little grass field in the Lea valley . |
| 28 | She had fervently hoped to be taken to the sergeant with the kindly expression and ruddy cheeks , or one of the men in the trailer , but it was not to be . |
| 29 | ‘ We heard nothing until March 1989 when we were told we were to be taken to court — myself , Mrs Roper and Mrs McNeil . |
| 30 | Like a prescription it needs to be taken to be a cure , like a recipe it needs to be cooked to be eaten , like a cheque it needs to be cashed to be spent . |