Example sentences of "be [adv] take [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remaining two ends are now taken around each side of the mouth and are knotted on top of the ferret 's head between eyes and nose . |
| 2 | It is thought to have occurred because visiting dignitaries are regularly taken to either side of the monument — and yesterday the convoy drivers picked the wrong side . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you think any of the cows would have got out or any of the hayricks caught on fire ? ’ asked Shirley , who was rather taken with this idea . |
| 4 | The siege of Burghley House is well documented by a member of Cromwell 's army , but there is no mention of any threatened destruction of the house or the town — which was apparently taken with little resistance — nor of the intercession of Lady Wingfield . |
| 5 | Hopper listened , and was clearly taken by some kind of presence while in Manson 's company because when he recalled the meetings , he made some frank comments about the murders . |
| 6 | A second measure was also taken in this study which may provide information relevant to subjects ’ expectations , this was a measure of how well each subject previously knew the each of junctions in the films . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , by the time she spoke , Tim Eggar had departed , but the point was well taken by another Government Minister , William Waldegrave , who was in the audience . |
| 8 | The teacher was then taken into another room and shown an apparatus which could deliver electric shocks to the learner . |
| 9 | There also appears to have been some confusion over photo credits : the colour photo on page 507 was actually taken by this reviewer , but is one of a number of photos incorrectly credited to another person . |