Example sentences of "be taken from [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we were to put you on a slimming diet providing you with 1,500 calories a day , you would be 500 calories short of your requirement and these would have to be taken from your body fat . |
| 2 | ( Some of these examples are taken from my book Lighting Up Time ( Sedgwick 1990 ) . ) |
| 3 | The pictures illustrating this series are by Andrew Lawson and many have been taken from his book Performance Plants , which costs £14.95 and is published by Francis Lincoln |
| 4 | Mr and Mrs Ian Gilliemore , who were taken from their Hillman Avenger on the night of 24 September 1958 and subjected to scanning by a ‘ big light ’ from a group of midgets in the traditional green cloaks , reported seeing ‘ a sort of dancing light ’ just before the midgets struck . |
| 5 | There was growing concern yesterday for the fate of 11 US scientists from the Tropical Research Institute who were taken from their island laboratories on Wednesday . |
| 6 | People could borrow from the social fund , he said , and get money that was interest-free , but money was taken from their income support immediately , even though that support was meant to be the lowest level of income on which one could cope . |
| 7 | The procedure for manufacturing these was as follows : the steel channel and angle iron was taken from its store area ( The Haversham Bank ) by steam crane and loaded on converted carriage underframes , of which there were four , two for wagon material , and two for carriage material . |
| 8 | It was taken from his hotel room in Reading last night , where he 's taking part in the Rothmans Grand Prix Championships . |