Example sentences of "[conj] [be] taken [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From here the oils diffuse into the bloodstream or are taken up by the lymph and interstitial fluid ( a liquid surrounding all body cells ) to other parts of the body . |
| 2 | For example , as far back as 1923 a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence had looked into the distribution of doctors , dentists and hospital services in a future war ( in effect , tasks that were taken up by the Emergency Medical Service in 1938 ) , and air raid precautions had been discussed within Whitehall since 1924 by the Air Raid Precautions Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence ( which relinquished responsibility for this to the Home Office in 1935 ) |
| 3 | This is because 40 per cent of all the information that is taken in through the eyes is for balance alone . |
| 4 | The amount of money that is taken out of the country 's economy by cannabis each year is estimated at £250,000,000 the street value being nearer £500,000,000 . |
| 5 | He knew that Wells had gone to the police and , in a public-spirited way , had volunteered a written statement that was taken down by the acting Sergeant , yet a statement which the police had not presented . |
| 6 | An RAF base which had been due to close next year as part of the Government 's defence cuts is stay open and be taken over by the army . |
| 7 | Cathy Wilkerson and Kathy Boudin , the latter totally naked , stumbled into the street and were taken in by a neighbour who offered them a shower and clothing . |
| 8 | Amaranth and Mrs de Crespigny summoned a taxi and were taken back to the Grand . |
| 9 | Here we went to the British Airways Executive Aircraft desk and were taken out to the Moët et Chandon Executive Jet , which was waiting to fly us to Edinburgh . |
| 10 | A Labour moderate collapses and is taken off in an ambulance . |
| 11 | It had been popularized in lesbian feminist circles by the American writer , Adrienne Rich , and was taken up as a way of understanding the common ground between the very different oppressions experienced by lesbians and gay men of different classes , different ages , different races , etc . |
| 12 | The rushing sound of the water finally subsided and was taken over by the hiss of the cistern refilling . |
| 13 | The easternmost area of the site covers 144 acres , includes one of the water basins and the locks , and was taken over by the Medway Ports Authority ( ‘ the ports authority ’ ) . |
| 14 | It had a capacity of 20,000 tons in timber silos and was taken over by the Commissioners in 1906 . |
| 15 | She wrote to three or four firms she had had contact with and was taken on by a small partnership in Orpington . |
| 16 | James offered his services to the Chester Beatty in 1969 and was taken on in the Islamic section . |
| 17 | Now that we have the front bed working and set to knit , the yarn that is not taken into the slip needle hook no longer forms a float , but is taken up by the opposite needle and is knitted whilst the slip needle still retains its original knitted stitch . |
| 18 | Hopeful Bid looked as if he would win easily but was taken on by the Clive Brittain-trained Braveboy inside the final furlong . |