Example sentences of "[was/were] take for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | Frailties throughout the team had been ruthlessly exploited at Leicester , where they were taken for 60 points . |
| 3 | The loud calls for the author , by a curious irony , were taken for him by the U.S. ambassador . |
| 4 | After lectures from two British Airways pilots and a clinical psychologist , 80 people were taken for a short flight . |
| 5 | And at the end of the session we were taken for a tow round the harbour . |
| 6 | Blackpool Council were impressed with the smooth running and high speeds , when they were taken for a trial run on July 1st in 1898 . |
| 7 | Later , the evidence of nine-year-old Jennet Demdike was used against other adults , and all were taken for trial at Lancaster Assizes . |
| 8 | At first all seemed to go well , and photographs were taken for inclusion in the annual report of cheerful and industrious moran wielding their instruments of labour . |
| 9 | Some were from a local technical college and were taken for short periods . |
| 10 | He borrowed a dromedary camel called Bert from Dudley zoo for the afternoon and watched with evident delight as the surprised children were taken for rides around the lawn . |
| 11 | Malcolm was briefly opposed by forces still loyal to ‘ Lulach the Fool ’ , but they and their lord were also soon disposed o The bodies of Macbeth and his stepson were taken for burial to Iona , already the graveyard of many kings . |
| 12 | After the wedding , they were taken for breakfast to the house of the officiating priest which by curious coincidence happened to be to Kensington Church Walk , where Ezra Pound had lived many years before . |
| 13 | They must have known if proceedings were taken for penalties it would be open to them in such proceedings to raise the question as to whether the duties were payable or not , as they did , in fact , in 1906 . |
| 14 | Of these , 1,558 were taken for Yorkshire , while another 144 came in his forty test appearances . |
| 15 | After one hour samples of the bile were taken for nucleation studies and chromatographic separation . |
| 16 | Oesophageal biopsy specimens , taken 20–40 cm from the incisors in 72 patients , were graded histologically and adjacent specimens were taken for immunohistochemical analysis of the distribution of EGF . |
| 17 | A total of four gastric antral biopsy specimens were taken for histology ( two specimens ) , culture ( one specimen ) , and CLO test ( one specimen ) . |
| 18 | Visual mean values of UOS pressure were taken for each two second interval from 10 seconds before the onset of the common cavity episode until one second before the first swallow after the common cavity episode , or the onset of the first secondary oesophageal peristaltic wave ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 19 | Four pinch biopsy specimens were taken for cell proliferation analysis from macroscopically normal mucosa in the sigmoid colon , 20 cm from the anus , to control for the anatomical difference in cell proliferation . |
| 20 | Antral , corpus , and fundal biopsy specimens were taken for histology and H pylori status ( histology , culture , and rapid urease test ) . |
| 21 | Samples ( 1 ml ) were taken for measurement of salivary pH and pCO 2 and the remainder was retinaed for further analysis . |
| 22 | At each endoscopy , biopsy specimens were taken for histological examination ( DU trial : two antral , one body ; IM trial : four antral , four body ) . |
| 23 | Then the next morning , they were taken for repairs at a garage in Hyde Park Corner . |
| 24 | That 's right , although the examination results were taken for each cohort . |
| 25 | That 's right , although the examination results were taken for each cohort . |
| 26 | An inquest has been told how an elderley man died from the treatment he was taking for his athletes foot.John Ellis took a revolutionary new drug for his condition , after years of suffering.But within a couple of months , he died from liver failure.But the makers of the drug say it 's safe for most people , and it wo n't be withdrawn.Chris Moore reports . |
| 27 | If he was taken for the army , the light in their house would be damped out forever . |
| 28 | Whilst Harry 's replies were being vetted , his photo was taken for a false identity card , and his uniform and shoes exchanged for a civilian outfit . |
| 29 | By 1959 they were a joke and the title of a film which simply stated a philosophy that was taken for granted . |
| 30 | The story reveals how , just as it was taken for granted that God 's authority should prevail throughout all life , so the use of Roman coins symbolised how much the Roman emperor 's authority prevailed throughout the Roman empire . |