Example sentences of "be taken see " in BNC.

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1 As part of a community sentence , young offenders will be taken to see what life is really like inside one of our prisons — a sobering experience for them .
2 She broke down when she told me that her little boy ( now six years old ) had asked every year to be taken to see Father Christmas in a nearby store , and every year she had had to disappoint him .
3 When keys are returned care must be taken to see that they are placed on the correct key hook .
4 The procedure , if it followed the usual course , would have been this : two doctors would be taken to see her and would ask her a few questions .
5 Hazel had supposed that he and one or two of his comrades would be taken to see the Chief Rabbit — who would probably not be Cowslip , since Cowslip had come to see them unattended — in his burrow , after which they would all be given different places to go to .
6 But , as stated in Anderson v. The Queen , at p. 108 , per Lord Guest ‘ in cases of murder great care must be taken to see that there has been no miscarriage of justice ’ and the test , a strict one , has been described in Woolmington v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1935 ] A.C. 462 , 482–483 , per Viscount Sankey L.C. as whether ‘ if the jury had been properly directed they would have inevitably have come to the same conclusion ’ and in Stirland v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1944 ] A.C. 315 , 312 , per Viscount Simon L.C. , as involving ‘ a situation where a reasonable jury , after being properly directed , would , on the evidence properly admissible , without doubt convict . ’
7 At length , a handbill was circulated , unsigned , calling for a staff meeting , without Branson , Draper or any other directors present ; on the bottom was the suggestion that a vote should be taken to see if staff wished to be represented by a trades union .
8 Brooke said that " certain exploratory steps " ( thought to involve talks with Ulster Unionists and with the Social Democratic and Labour Party ) remained to be taken to see whether an agreement could be reached .
9 In the meantime it is essential not to risk a further pregnancy and other contraceptive measures must be taken see above .
10 ‘ Having since been taken to see the poor man 's body , in the mortuary , I am certain that I did . ’
11 As a small child , he had been taken to see Peter Pan .
12 ‘ We were taken to see one other Home , it was quite nice but it was more claustrophobic — each room was like a little closed unit . ’
13 From Madras my wife and I were taken to see the Shore Temples at Mahabalipuram and beside this is ( or was ) a very large boulder resting on the hillside .
14 I felt as if I was a schoolboy who had done something wrong and was being taken to see the headmaster .
15 ‘ Tell him you are going to dine at Auguste 's before being taken to see La Traviata , ’ Madame instructed , ‘ by one of the richest and most influential men in Boston . ’
16 Foster parents are paid a weekly allowance that covers the basic costs of maintaining a child , but care is taken to see that fostering does not become a materially profitable exercise .
17 Therefore Carol 's daughter is not Julie , whilst Donna was taken to see Mary Poppins , so it must have been Linda who went with Carol to see Jungle Book .
18 He was taken to see General Rush Patterson , the US 7th Army 's intelligence chief who , without any fuss , took Gehlen to see General Eisenhower .
19 Great care was taken to see that this work was disseminated as widely as possible .
20 Villages now a mere half-hour apart by car could then be prohibitively far away : the daughter of an Essex farm horseman was taken to see his parents across the county boundary in Suffolk for the first time only at the age of 14 .
21 I caught the sense of victory in seeing the film of Henry V — just as I had supposed that all schools were like that of Goodbye Mr Chips , which I was taken to see in 1939 .
22 ‘ I was taken to see the vaults and was fascinated to try to lift a gold bar , ’ he says .
23 I was taken to see the King , but had to wait for at least an hour while he struggled with a difficult mathematical question .
24 The other time I was taken to see him , which was better .
25 Back at the workhouse , Oliver was taken to see the board .
26 Wearing military camouflage uniform , he was taken to see various units engaged in counter-terrorism .
27 So he always remembers the time he went to this He 's no idea who 's funeral he was at but he just went along and then he was taken to see the family .
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