Example sentences of "[was/were] take [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because , ’ he replied , in his slower west-country burr , staring straight at the coroner , ‘ she were took up doin' zummat else . ’ |
| 2 | Now they were thinner and leaner and much dirtier and all they were taking with them were the torn and grubby clothes they stood up in . |
| 3 | When er , the headmaster when he was reading out the the subjects that people were taking for highers , and one girl was doing physics , maths and further maths , he said oh , one of our cleverer girls ! |
| 4 | It is probable that the jawless fish lived by grubbing in the sediment , or perhaps by filter feeding , possibly exploiting organic material derived from the plants that were taking to life on land at the same time . |
| 5 | It is interesting to observe that just at the point when the old sources of clerical recruitment , the married clergy , were taking to celibacy , the supply of clergy did not dry up , it multiplied exceedingly . |
| 6 | At the end of the last century when Impressionism was still a dirty word in England , and anyone who bought a Monet was considered as being more than half-way on the road to Bedlam , the Americans were taking to him with something of the enthusiasm which they were then displaying for the newly discovered chewing-gum . |
| 7 | Erm , rather than , so people may , may make rational decisions and this is what Harrison were taking about is that , erm , it still may be rational to move , even though there 's very high unemployment , alright , simply because people may accept a period of erm , of unemployment if it means that they , in the long run , obtain a , a relatively high paid job . |
| 8 | He and his step-brother Philip Giles got separated from their parents on a ski-lift they were taking up the mountain side . |
| 9 | As Marian and Allen were taking in this scene one of the attackers slipped to one side and sidled around the tree towards the Friar 's unprotected flank . |
| 10 | Preston was aware that the twins were taking in all this with wonder and admiration , and as the Punk drew level with their seat , Daniel remarked in a reverent but not hushed tone : |
| 11 | Almost to a man and woman they are , as it happens , extremely sophisticated individuals , many with a long experience of political activity outside Parliament and several with long-held and well-thought-out anxieties about the course which events were taking in Europe . |
| 12 | Her astonished eyes were taking in his costume : gold-embroidered satin jacket , knee breeches and jabot of the eighteenth century . |
| 13 | Its two most recent decisions on the Government 's power to restrain publications by former Crown servants — Spycatcher and the Cavendish Memoirs — were marked by references to the Convention and by an obvious desire manifested by most of the judges to ensure that both the law they were declaring and the decision they were taking in accordance with it would be seen to comply with Article 10 . |
| 14 | The canoes were taking in water and sinking . |
| 15 | All the photos were taken between 1980 and 1981 and nearly all were shot in the vicinity of Petticoat Lane . |
| 16 | The measurements were taken between 1979 and 1986 . |
| 17 | Last year 's profit before tax of £122.4m was recently restated as a loss of £38.5m when its property write-downs were taken through the p&l account instead of reserves . |
| 18 | During the second day the professionals were taken through the same programme . |
| 19 | Volunteers present at the two events were taken through a questionnaire on the day of the study , followed by a shorter questionnaire a week later ( by phone or post ) and four weeks later ( by post ) . |
| 20 | For BrdUrd analysis 3 µm sections were taken through the vertical crypt axis at intervals of 100 µm and plated onto Poly L-lysine coated slides for subsequent immunostaining . |
| 21 | His photographs of the landscape and monuments were taken under dangerous and difficult conditions . |
| 22 | After a seven day washout period , the same measurements were taken under the same conditions after intake of the other treatment being studied . |
| 23 | Although nothing much changed in cultural policy , in the political system or in the media , steps were taken towards economic reform . |
| 24 | It was during these five years of Clarendon 's first period at the Foreign Office that it seems to have changed its status from the personal domain of the Secretary of State to a professionally staffed institution with its own executive functions and , at the same time , positive steps were taken towards providing suitable accommodation for this new organization . |
| 25 | All did not go against the Key Company , however ; prisoners were taken at some of the incidents , some carrying vital information . |
| 26 | If donations were taken at a service , they were left at the door either on the way in or on the way out . |
| 27 | Three subjects were taken at A level and they were usually taken as packages of closely related studies : physics , chemistry , and mathematics ; French , German , and English ; history , geography , and economics . |
| 28 | On planes such as Luft Hansa 's Junkers G31 seating was arranged like a first-class railway carriage and meals were taken at little tables for two spread with pristine linen , full silver and fresh flowers . |
| 29 | They thought I was really funny , but when my particulars were taken at the end of the week , I was again brought across the counter to sign other folk on . |
| 30 | Meals were taken at irregular and unusual times and would be unconventional in content . |