Example sentences of "being take [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JAGUAR and General Motors were last night locked in crucial talks over a deal which would safeguard the luxury car maker from being taken over by the rival US motor giant Ford . |
| 2 | It 's now being taken over by the new Historic Chapels Trust . |
| 3 | As only the better-off members could afford the piece of silver , this can be seen as the first sign that the classless Society of Archers was being taken over by the wealthier members . |
| 4 | By the late twenties and early thirties , ‘ bus travel had taken over most of this lucrative Friday traffic ; Basfords of Towcester ran two ‘ buses and The Buckingham Orange did two return journeys from Buckingham with Jelley 's of Cosgrove , the latter two being taken over by the United Counties Bus Company in the mid-1930s . |
| 5 | Designed as a ‘ fun ’ aeroplane it first flew in 1934 or 1935 , subsequently being taken on by the Soviet Air Force as the standard advanced trainer for fighter pilots with production totalling 1,241 by early 1940 . |
| 6 | He 's studying for a PHD in Biophysics aOOxford university and next year he 's being taken on by the American space agency NASA . |
| 7 | Tonight 's match will be Fashanu 's first since being taken off in the original match at Goodison Park . |
| 8 | With the risk of public anger being taken out on the dying , frontline activism is simply a luxury we can not afford . |