Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | His early comedies might have been taken to represent an unheard-of civility from the back of beyond . |
| 2 | If not during a period , then adequate contraceptive measures must have been taken since the last period , such as the pill , or sheath , or cap with spermicide , used on every occasion . |
| 3 | When the officer said , ‘ You will be charged with sedition , over and above the mobbing , but in certain circumstances that might not be pressed , ’ Cameron distressed himself by making a small , indefinite sound which could well have been taken for agreement . |
| 4 | Rachel believed that mechanistic science could explain all phenomena , even those of the heart and soul ; Rachel would never have forgiven her , the last place of safety and affection would have been taken away . |
| 5 | ‘ They are both extremely attractive targets but because of the family control neither could have been taken over without consent and , to date , the families have shown no inclination to sell out , ’ said one Continental drinks watcher . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The movement was not without criticism from those whose support might have been taken for granted ; Robertson Nicoll pronounced the 1894 Congress a ‘ failure ’ because ‘ it does not represent Nonconformity and it is wholly lacking in enthusiasm and initiative . ’ |
| 8 | City economists said yesterday that the American decision to cut the Fed Funds rate by ¼ point to 33/4 p.c. may have been taken with the international as well as the domestic situation in mind . |
| 9 | He is hopeful , therefore , that notice will have been taken this side of the Atlantic , not only by Augusta National at the Masters , but also by the United States Golf Association , who are the governing body of the American Open , and the United States PGA , with a mind to the PGA Championship . |
| 10 | Whatever the paths that may have been taken , the relatively late arrival on the human stage of the self-preoccupied consciousness of Indian , Chinese , late Greek , Roman , and European civilizations seems certain . |
| 11 | The decision to build the lift could not have been taken lightly ; it only makes sense as part of a scheme of general improvement . |
| 12 | He could have side-stepped the issue completely , but he chose to give a frank response , dismissing as ‘ garbage ’ a Federal Bureau of Narcotics ' pamphlet which described marijuana as ‘ a powerful narcotic in which lurks murder , insanity and death ’ , words that might well have been taken as a reference to events in Hollywood , because they were almost identical to words used by the mass media in descriptions of Manson . |
| 13 | The contrast between this inactivity and the action which would have been taken had the injured individual been a young child , was a stark one . |
| 14 | The car is unnumbered , suggesting that its number might have been taken by a new Standard car . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The smear may have been taken too near a period . |
| 17 | It altered her appearance considerably , making her look older and quite severe , and in her new black working dress she could have been taken for a widow . |
| 18 | And the view — overlooking the couple 's farm , in Bronham , Wiltshire — could easily have been taken straight from a postcard . |
| 19 | Now that hope will have been taken from her , leaving her feeling that they have unfinished business , which ( unless she believes in life after death ) will remain unfinished for ever . |
| 20 | There 's no fingerboard binding , and perhaps a little more care could have been taken in filling the ends of the fret-slots — mind you , that 's practically the only cosmetic flaw on the whole instrument . |
| 21 | The dog in it , I think , may have been taken over from Hydra . |
| 22 | If you had been making the movie on film , the term cut would have been taken literally because each piece of cine film is physically cut and spliced onto the next . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Few will quarrel with the general principle that such steps should have been taken in Ulster . |
| 25 | If not twins , they might have been taken for brother and sister . |
| 26 | Now , as the thought came into his mind he spoke it aloud , and had he spoken like this to anyone else it would have been taken as an insult , for what he said was , ‘ It 's a pity you have n't had education , Mick . ’ |
| 27 | I personally would have preferred that decision to already have been taken . |
| 28 | ‘ He could have been taken by surprise . |
| 29 | ‘ If you had gone we would have been taken again before the courts . |
| 30 | It was Abem Finkel , Muni 's brother-in-law , who worked out a screenplay from the basis of a draft by Musmanno and a melodramatic comedy about Slavic miners by Harry R. Irving , but there were other supervisors and writers involved and ultimately the vital decisions with regard to the project would have been taken by Jack Warner and his senior executive Hal Wallis . |