Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of the process of organizing Nova Scotia as a colony more seriously than before , the Acadians were pressed to take the oath of allegiance to George II in accordance with the Treaty of Utrecht , and those who refused were deported to the French settlement in Louisiana . |
| 2 | Some engineers and managers , especially those coming from municipal employment , found the new salaries they were offered higher than their pre-vesting salaries , but others found that they were expected to take a cut . |
| 3 | ‘ You see , Roger , ’ he commented , ‘ you were expected to take the road to Dover whilst I was bound for Scotland . |
| 4 | In March 1986 outside firms were permitted to take a 100% stake in Stock Exchange member firms . |
| 5 | While the Government were refusing to take a 20 per cent . |
| 6 | They listened to an impassioned sermon delivered by the Archbishop of Tyre and were moved to take the cross themselves . |
| 7 | Patients were instructed to take no alcohol and to collect all urine for the next 24 hours . |
| 8 | As from February 1 , ICPI Ltd , a wholly-owned IBM Corp subsidiary , began selling its personal computers under the Ambra name again in Germany : according to Computerwoche , at the end of last year , the company 's German distributors were instructed to take the IBM-compatible boxes off the market because the Ambra tradename was protected , and the company has only now been able to regularise the situation ; ICPI reckons it will command a 5% share of the German market by the end of 1993 ; sales will now be expanded into other countries , including the Far East and Africa . |
| 9 | Case conferences were held , and plans were made to take the children into care and still the mother apparently obstinately refused to look at the future . |
| 10 | At this time , and throughout the 1940s and 1950s , a series of attempts were made to take the problems of attitude measurement , and the related issue of the relationship between attitudes and behaviour , very seriously indeed . |
| 11 | All this was on pain of a £20 fine and , in respect of the contracts , dismissal from office ; the directors were made to take an oath on assuming office ( but Quakers were allowed to affirm ) . |
| 12 | Later on in the Emergency , after insurgents stuck for supplies began stealing Masai cattle , the Masai were persuaded to take a more active role . |
| 13 | In an operation co-ordinated by the UN , four ferry boats were sent to the Albanian port of Durres and took the refugees to Brindisi in Italy , where special trains were waiting to take the majority to West Germany . |
| 14 | car conked out so Vicki stayed with the car and her who we were going to take a walk in Ruddington , and I walked home with her to get Malcolm to go over with the other car . |
| 15 | Well you were going to take a satsuma and some Quavers were n't you ? |
| 16 | College staff were invited to take an active part in helping SCOTVEC to develop the new operating procedures — a proactive role for colleges is seen as essential to the introduction of efficient , easy to use systems . |
| 17 | He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners . |
| 18 | They were doing so because they were beginning to take a more optimistic view of the housing market and the economy in general , he added . |
| 19 | ‘ I think the 1970s was a time when people were beginning to take a little bit more pride in their motor cars . |
| 20 | They should let the people who were responsible for it see that they were beginning to take an active interest in what was the most important issue of the time . |
| 21 | Other ladies standing nearby were beginning to take an amused interest in this interchange between the domineering retired school-teacher , who had ruled many of them when they were young , and Donna Frizzell , who could tear a character to pieces in three minutes with her sharp tongue . |
| 22 | Apart from marches , CND fuelled their anti-cruise campaigns with demonstrations around the bases that were scheduled to take the new missiles . |
| 23 | So the council were faced were having to take a legal action because there was a whole claims that because the land was so old , nobody knew who technically owned it and it was n't registered as we owning it until nineteen sixty six , there was legal disputes about that . |
| 24 | Duncan and Myeloski looked at each other ; things were starting to take a new direction . |
| 25 | Ancestral spirits were believed to take the form of guardian dolphins or sharks , who guided canoes , effected rescues , and assisted in fishing . |
| 26 | Not that they had anything against cats as cats , but witches were believed to take the form of cats , so it was all quite reasonable , really . ’ |
| 27 | The blow came after staff were asked to take a 10pc pay cut by the troubled firm , in a bid to save posts . |
| 28 | We were allowed to take the boat out ourselves by then as long as we wore life-jackets and we thought we might do that , later ; get in some fishing or just some pottering around . |
| 29 | We were forced to take a lodger … ’ |
| 30 | In fact , myself and my two human companions were forced to take the calabar test . |