Example sentences of "be [adv] taken [adv] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morning and afternoon sessions were mainly taken up with the business of the Union and these were highlighted by the clarity of reporting and the general agreement of delegates to the proposals put forward . |
| 2 | This was because their programmes for investment of capital funds ( i.e. funds for the construction of new facilities ) , to support which ‘ growth ’ revenue for the running costs was of course required , were completely taken up with the task of moving general medicine out of over-provided London to the under-provided hinterland of Essex . |
| 3 | Cos the mantelpiece is well taken up with the supporting of toy dogs . |
| 4 | Grandfather 's principal interest was to hear the one who played the piano but when he got there he was rather taken up with the violinist . |
| 5 | At the time of writing I was too taken up with the present to make any but the vaguest connection with what had happened to me in the past . |