Example sentences of "[pron] was taken [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I first recall the line in 1959 when as a young boy scout I was taken to camp at Pont-y-Pant . |
| 2 | I was there for four days , about four or five interviews , then I was taken to Kilburn for an identification parade . |
| 3 | I was taken into hospital with high blood pressure the day after doing my last two pictures for the British Hairdressing Awards and Isha was born the following day . |
| 4 | In September 1989 I was taken into hospital with the classic symptoms of acute appendicitis . |
| 5 | Later , months later when I was taken into town for the first time since The Bomber , I wanted to put some flowers on her grave . |
| 6 | I was taken by surprise by my feelings . |
| 7 | Leeds was the first city I had ever visited and when I was taken by car to the television studios I had my first encounter with revolving doors , which I found rather strange . |
| 8 | The company later opened another quarry down the hill to provide grey chalk which was taken in barges to their cement works at Frindsbury . |
| 9 | Its story is a classic one in the history of breeding and of famous breeders , for it was the Longhorn which was taken in hand by the great master breeder Robert Bakewell ( 1726–95 ) of Dishley , Leicestershire , to be fashioned most skilfully into his ideal commercial animal of the period . |
| 10 | In Wensleydale , Bolton Castle looks across the broad valley to Penhill , which , legend has it , was once the haunt of a fierce giant , while the castle itself is the place where Mary Queen of Scots was placed under house arrest before she was taken to London to be executed . |
| 11 | On her fortieth birthday , in 1943 , she was taken to hospital for a cancer operation and no one expected her to live . |
| 12 | When she was heavily pregnant with their third child , her husband threw her against a chest of drawers , then kicked her , and she was taken to hospital with three broken ribs . |
| 13 | She was taken to hospital as a precaution . |
| 14 | She was taken by surprise by the friendly smile he turned on her , and for a moment she dreamed they were going on a holiday together that had nothing to do with Dana and Garry and everything to do with each other . |
| 15 | When Eva was three years old she was taken by train to the city . |
| 16 | Danny Gardiner from Stroud who was taken to court in a prison bus , and a his so-accused , Simon James , from Minchinhampton near Stroud , have denied murder . |
| 17 | Firearms experts then entered the house to bring out Leanne Rees , who was taken by ambulance to Darlington Memorial Hospital , where she was treated for shock . |
| 18 | Regarding the ‘ fat factor ’ , he did n't look particularly portly in the picture in last nights local rag ( looks like it was taken during Wimbledon at home ) . |
| 19 | Stolen in 1933 , it was taken to Prague in 1934 for restoration after its recovery . |
| 20 | One of them died almost immediately ; its little body was dressed in a clean nightdress and linen cap and its arms were folded on its breast ; then it was taken at night to be buried . |
| 21 | It was considered so influential by The Man that it was taken off air in '64 for fear of jaundicing the electorate . |
| 22 | On its new journey it was taken in turn by bike , canoe , sail boat , runners , riders , cyclists and walkers to the north-west , on to Skye and ultimately to Ness in Lewis , where the islanders have long had links with North Rona . |
| 23 | " The roof did not actually leak very much before it was taken in hand to be repaired : but is now reported to be in need of more repairs . " |
| 24 | The face is dished , like that of the Jersey , and it probably has some Jersey blood from the nineteenth century , while the brindling probably comes from the old Normandy Isigny variety , a good butter producer and big enough to be used as a draught ox on Alderney and Guernsey , whither it was taken by monks in the time of William the Conqueror . |
| 25 | It was taken by surprise by his success and appears to have accepted Thaelmann 's slogan : " After Hitler . |
| 26 | He remembers the onset of class guilt and embarrassment during the war when as a small , spoiled , fat model child , he was taken to school by a governess in the Moravian village where they were evacuated . |
| 27 | He was taken to Countess of Chester Hospital , but was later transferred to Whiston . |
| 28 | He was taken to hospital with minor burns to his hair , left arm , face and ears . |
| 29 | Later that year came the first signs of health trouble when he was taken to hospital with a heart problem . |
| 30 | To his intense disappointment he was taken to hospital with an internal disorder , and missed the opening of the battle . |