Example sentences of "[was/were] take [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this time , such services as there were took place behind locked doors . |
| 2 | For some of them , the sands were taking precedence over the works of Mr Dickens , as they gathered to await their leader amid the potted palms in the first-floor sun lounge overlooking the Victoria Parade , the sands and the sea . |
| 3 | But the anger and the fear were taking possession of him . |
| 4 | The trees over Three Island Pond bent to the left with its force , and Creggan saw from the shadows that such ducks as were visible were taking shelter on the lee of the islands , bunching together for warmth and sinking their necks and heads as far as they could into their breast feathers . |
| 5 | Landry 's last point would suggest only that the guests were taking advantage of actual hospitality . |
| 6 | The government , denying that it held any political prisoners , ordered the women to end their protest , saying that opposition supporters were taking advantage of it to cause unrest . |
| 7 | In the debate Lord Holland recognised the dread among the upper classes that the lower orders might be seduced by subversive principles , " particularly afloat at this moment " , but also considered that some masters were taking advantage of this moment to " enforce their views and render their workmen more dependent than they had hitherto been and than in all fairness and equity they ought to be " . |
| 8 | Fiji , too , were taking advantage of the seclusion the fort represented to conduct their training away from the media . |
| 9 | It left him shaken , for the outlines of her plan were taking shape in his mind — exactly as they were in hers . |
| 10 | And that was er Oh it could break your arm you know , this huge big flywheel and you were taking hold of one of the of the of the spokes and turning it , if it were to backfire suddenly , it could break your arm . |
| 11 | As far as they knew , these 570 people were off to a temperance rally at Loughborough ; most of them were probably unaware that they were taking part in an historical journey — Thomas Cook 's first excursion in 1841 . |
| 12 | The local bands have not been altogether ousted ; some were taking part in the contests after playing and walking in a procession in the morning and playing at the sports in the afternoon . |
| 13 | He got a group of people to administer electric shocks to a group of victims in the belief that they were taking part in an experiment to study the effect of punishment on learning . |
| 14 | Further details were unavailable at press time , as X/Open staff worldwide were taking part in a brainstorming session , somewhere in the wilds of Devon in the UK . |
| 15 | The students were taking part in a debate contest organised by the Ghana edition of Step Magazine , which is a corporate member of WACC , as part of activities marking the launch of the magazine in that country . |
| 16 | They were not aware that they were taking part in a randomised comparison of two different information sheets as this would have invalidated the study , which received ethical approval from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital ethical committee . |
| 17 | So the first gig you attended was one that you were taking part in ? |
| 18 | And beside him , an elderly priest in a black soutane was also holding up a thumb and laughing as though he were taking part in a particularly outrageous joke . |
| 19 | Blake Simms and his crew were taking part in the rally for very different reasons . |
| 20 | Do n't think you can barge in here harassing me like this , ’ she snapped , ‘ shooting questions at me as if you were taking part in a firing squad . ’ |
| 21 | She had mastered Eddie 's cycle and came around the corner as though she were taking part in one of the bicycle races which had recently become such a popular spectator sport . |
| 22 | Men from Newlyn , Bideford , St Mawes , Salcombe , Mevagissey and Dartmouth as well as local boats were taking part in the protest . |
| 23 | On Dec. 18 most Moldavian deputies staged a walkout because representatives of the separatist Gagauz and Dnestr Russian communities were taking part in the Congress as guests ( on the previous day a rally against the treaty in Kishinev , Moldavia 's capital , had attracted up to 200,000 people ) . |
| 24 | They were taking part in a crucial first safety commissioning test when hundreds of tons of hot water were pumped through a section of the plant 's miles of piping … and it all passed with flying colours . |
| 25 | It was all in a good cause however , because they were taking part in a five-day team building exercise . |
| 26 | Calder training manager , Bill Vaudrey , said : ‘ The team knew they were taking part in an exercise called ‘ Operation Picnic at Hanging rock ’ . |
| 27 | He and British Lions rugby star Jeremy Guscott were taking part in the fourth annual British Shark Angling Festival off Looe , Cornwall , yesterday . |
| 28 | The selected schools were taking part in the world 's biggest children 's election organised by the BBC in association with the Hansard Society . |
| 29 | The Committee Office at Westminster said that all members of the committee , which was due to return to Britain last night , were taking part in the visit . |
| 30 | Young Left-wingers threw eggs and stones at Chancellor Helmut Kohl and President Richard von Weizsaecker , who were taking part in the Berlin rally . |