Example sentences of "were taken [adv prt] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually , as the armies pushed on through France , French airfields were taken over by the RAF and the Americans , and one day Jimmy and Henry were posted to a station near Rennes and that was the last we saw of them . |
| 2 | During the whole of its independent life the railway possessed only 2 locomotives , both Manning Wardle outside cylinder , 0-6-OSTs , named Cleobury and Burwarton , which were taken over by the GWR in 1923 and survived in traffic until the 1950s . |
| 3 | The earliest mention of a ferry at Seacombe dates back to 1515 but its advancement came in the latter part of the last century when the ferry rights were taken over by the Wallasey local board . |
| 4 | In 1903 the Wolverton ( Boys ' ) and Old Bradwell Schools were taken over by the Bucks County Council on 29 September at a nominal rent of 5s per annum for each school . |
| 5 | Structural faults sent budgeted costs soaring , work on transforming it into a leisure empire stopped and its £100m debts were taken over by the Hong Kong brothers in February . |
| 6 | After the war , outside calls were taken over by the NFS , who occupied a newly erected Town Station . |
| 7 | Most of the forms of publicity through print discussed in the first section of this chapter were taken up by the West Indians . |
| 8 | Similar themes were taken up in the Collins lecture of 1988 by Richard Francis , Director General of the British Council . |
| 9 | The next day we were taken down to the Brahmaputra river and loaded on to large river steamers . |
| 10 | Immigration formalities were waived and the passengers from the very last Kindertransport were taken in by the Manchester branch of the RC M. Two hostels were opened for the group henceforth known as the ‘ Amsterdam children ’ . |
| 11 | Here we went to the British Airways Executive Aircraft desk and were taken out to the Moët et Chandon Executive Jet , which was waiting to fly us to Edinburgh . |
| 12 | In 1849–51 an annual average of 191 agriculture patents were taken out in the United States ; in 1859–61 , 1,282 ; in 1869–71 , no less than 3,217 . |