Example sentences of "[prep] be taken [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEREK IRONSIDE Home and dry : oil workers arrive safely at Aberdeen Airport after being taken off the North Sea accommodation vessel by helicopter Floating free : yesterday 's picture , from an RAF helicopter , of the Safe Supporter ‘ flotel ’ |
| 2 | TOP Liverpool radio DJ Tony Snell was due to meet station bosses today after being taken off the air over a live bust-up with a listener . |
| 3 | So at that time that could of been taken into the context of , or one anyway , going to the same place |
| 4 | As has been normal for most organized communities that are not based on a money economy , African society was based on slavery ( in the sense of the life-long ownership of human beings who could be traded ) , which sometimes involved plantation work or even being used as a human sacrifice : there is no calculus to compare the disadvantages of local slavery with those of being taken across the Atlantic and used as plantation or mining labour . |
| 5 | Any partner may prevent a new partner from being taken into the partnership . |
| 6 | Tracy West , who was knocked down , was picked up by bystanders and taken to a nearby shop , where she was treated for shock before being taken to the Memorial Hospital . |
| 7 | Before being taken to the platform , he was introduced to those members of the Committee who happened to be milling around the entrance . |
| 8 | They were a group of 130 citizens , headed by their Burgomaster from the small Dutch town of Haren , who were received in Church House before being taken to the homes of their local hosts . |
| 9 | The figure related to the costs of the previous year 's bid defence against the hostile takeover attempt by Whyte & Mackay and had to be taken above the line as a result of the FRS 3 accounting rule . |
| 10 | Decisions also have to be taken about the admission of students : how many and on what basis ? |
| 11 | Even if it had , the selfhood would be in the replicas of the gene scattered over different bodies ; that the gene , analogous though it is to species rather than to individual , has to be taken as the unit , is precisely because it is more useful for explanation to speak of the selfish gene than of the altruistic replica . |
| 12 | If physics is to be taken as the acme of scientific knowledge , then it would make sense to try to emulate the methods that physics uses to gain its knowledge , and where else could one go for this by way of a shortcut but to philosophy , the discipline that has been endlessly preoccupied with the foundations of human knowledge . |
| 13 | However , the NIAAF are emphasising that the number travelling to Holland is not to be taken as the number likely to go the Commonwealth Games . |
| 14 | It is , however , the financial losses of retirement from the labour force that seem usually to be taken as the key to the involuntary shift from independence to dependency in old age . |
| 15 | ‘ Apparently he had a word with her while she was waiting to be taken along the line . |
| 16 | They are now to be taken under the jurisdiction of the Queen , who is determined that they will be protected from the emotional mayhem currently being created by their parents . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Maria kept asking to be taken to the theatre . |
| 19 | Need to be taken to the toilet at routine intervals , usually two-hourly . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The address of Lowell 's cottage was n't known to her either , therefore the holdall would have to be taken to the home once shared by Lowell and Zoe . |
| 22 | He called the RAC once more and arranged for the car to be taken to the edge of Brighton . |
| 23 | ‘ I introduced myself to a senior police officer as an international terrorist who would like to be taken to the England dressing room . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Since you have the keys and I 'm a customer , I want to be taken to the vault , please , ’ she said in a loud , clear voice , her heart hammering with apprehension . |
| 28 | Ironically , the generosity of the IWA in guaranteeing funds to enable the question of the Rights of Way Act to be taken to the Court of Appeal seems to have resulted in many believing that the issue is only the concern of the ‘ powered boaters ’ . |
| 29 | Hitler 's deputy , no less , baling out over Scotland then surrendering amiably to a farmer and demanding to be taken to the Duke of Hamilton . |
| 30 | 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 . |