Example sentences of "be taken [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dawn came and he , determined not to be taken prisoner , removed his brevet , stipes and badges , plus his battledress pockets , using his escape-kit knife . |
| 2 | He was soon to be taken prisoner in battle against the Persians . |
| 3 | Rudolf Lenzner and his crew baling out to be taken prisoner when the bomber crashed at Bur Marrad . |
| 4 | The King of Blefuscu , however , replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner , and that I would soon be returning to my country anyway . |
| 5 | Prepare to be taken prisoner , lady . ’ |
| 6 | I just say that I 'm sorry go on do n't want to be dejective this evening but I mean minutes will be taken notes will be taken points have been raised I think that 's a very valuable point that you 've actually have raised . |
| 7 | As they did so , their southern line became depleted , allowing more Allied units to be taken north from that sector . |
| 8 | But a cautious Mr Major made plain his concern that British troops might be taken hostage by guerrillas if the West goes into action . |
| 9 | Decisions whether to provide for C & AG audit or inspection of such bodies need to be taken case . |
| 10 | ‘ A decision on whether she attends today will be taken mid-morning . |
| 11 | She does n't like to be taken advantage of . ’ |
| 12 | Entree choices like grilled red mullet or prawns , when available , should be taken advantage of . |
| 13 | The mode of action of the toxins described above leaves a loophole which can be taken advantage of . |
| 14 | Orthographic information can be taken advantage of to improve recognition . |
| 15 | This can be taken advantage of at any point within a word . |
| 16 | I ai n't goin' to let it now , either ; I ai n't goin' to be taken advantage of . ’ |
| 17 | So it was that the affairs of Bedford 's House of Industry came under scrutiny by a Mr. Adey who wrote to the then mayor , Dr. George Witt , saying that he ‘ would certainly recommend that that nearly useless building , at present , should be taken advantage of to form an extensive union of parishes for workhouse purposes ’ . |
| 18 | 142 ( 2 ) The obligation under a condition or of a covenant entered into by a lessor with reference to the subject-matter of the lease shall , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the reversionary estate immediately expectant on the term granted by the lease , be annexed and incident to and shall go with that reversionary estate , or the several parts thereof , notwithstanding severance of that reversionary estate , and may be taken advantage of and enforced by the person in whom the term is from time to time vested by conveyance , devolution in law , or otherwise ; and , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the person from time to time entitled to that reversionary estate , the obligation aforesaid may be taken advantage of and enforced against any person so entitled . |
| 19 | 142 ( 2 ) The obligation under a condition or of a covenant entered into by a lessor with reference to the subject-matter of the lease shall , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the reversionary estate immediately expectant on the term granted by the lease , be annexed and incident to and shall go with that reversionary estate , or the several parts thereof , notwithstanding severance of that reversionary estate , and may be taken advantage of and enforced by the person in whom the term is from time to time vested by conveyance , devolution in law , or otherwise ; and , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the person from time to time entitled to that reversionary estate , the obligation aforesaid may be taken advantage of and enforced against any person so entitled . |
| 20 | But I do not see why its language should not be taken advantage of by an assignee of the lease who desires to sue the original lessor on his covenants in the lease . " |
| 21 | Most of our competitions offer moderate prizes which may be taken advantage of by staff in all parts of the company . |
| 22 | We now use ( 17 ) and find{ 2.2875 , 4.6875 , 7.5 , 13.125 } — 12.5{ 0.165 , 0.355 , 0.57,1 } = { 0.125 , 0.25 , 0.375 , 0.625 } and hence unc may be taken as{ 1,2,3,5 } . |
| 23 | Skipper likes to be taken notice of , too , ye ken , and I do n't see why he should n't be . |
| 24 | We shall be taken notice of then . |
| 25 | So I hope hopefully this evening will be a very constructive meeting and we 'll certainly welcome your views about what you feel should be happening to the theatre or should be taken or should be taken place at the theatre , what should be on at the theatre , and er things that you feel that are n't happening at the moment . |
| 26 | The directive is simply another obstacle which has to be taken account of by broadcasting authorities when giving effect to their duty to preserve due impartiality . |
| 27 | The final chapter in this section rounds off the discussion of applications-related research with an examination of organizational issues that need to be taken account of in handling geographic information . |
| 28 | Other uncertainties remain to be discussed : how should the influence of context on difficulty , for example , be taken account of ? |
| 29 | In a careful schemata he identifies five elements which have to be taken account of , namely , productive base , labour process , ownership of capital , specific social relations ( in civil society although Cooke does not employ that term as a compendium ) and institutional specificities . |
| 30 | Costs for travel outside Edinburgh should also be taken account of when drawing up a budget . |