Example sentences of "[pron] [be] taken [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While in Ceylon we visited Allied Headquarters in Kandy , where I was taken one afternoon by Colonel Christian into the ‘ War Room ’ to hear the reports received during the last twenty-four hours , and a commentary on them by a senior staff officer . |
| 2 | Somewhat later came the present owner , John Matta , who now takes great pleasure in greeting Citalia guests and welcomes them on arrival with a gift of the wonderful Chianti Classico from his excellent cellars and offers them a typical Tuscan dinner at a reasonable price , which is taken most weeks in the castle 's impressive banqueting hall . |
| 3 | It was the left-hander 's eighth century , in his 29th Test , and at 382 minutes ( nine fours ) is the slowest-ever for Australia : he was out to the first-delivery with the new ball , which was taken 16 overs after it became due . |
| 4 | She 's taken this public access show and turned it into something completely entertaining . |
| 5 | In a letter to Minnie , who seemed the natural recipient of the account she wished to give , she described how — when first she was taken ill Minnie , which I expect you have heard of from Miss Arabel , who I dare say was given a terrible fright as were we all , many despaired of her life but I did not and I am pleased to say my faith was justified . |
| 6 | I 'm just surprised it 's taken two weeks . ’ |
| 7 | In fact , it 's taken 4 years and £600 million to create to the new Peugeot 605 range . |
| 8 | It 's taken five years of your life , but at least you 're getting your just rewards now . ’ |
| 9 | It 's taken five years and sixty thousand pounds to get this far … half way . |
| 10 | John Fordham on the Miles Davis session it 's taken four years to release and the week 's other albums Twisting , teasing trumpet Jazz . |
| 11 | It 's taken gravity-defying tightrope walking by boxing authorities to keep the title unified , even if it is once again threatening to be shattered into pieces by Bowe 's refusal to honour a deal to immediately defend against Lewis . |
| 12 | It 's taken 14 weeks less than planned . |
| 13 | It 's taken 85 years for the Goodman family name to appear on one of their motorbikes , but looking at the HDS 1200 on the road , the wait has been well worthwhile . |
| 14 | It 's taken 3 years of planning , £16,000 in donations and bucketfuls of elbow grease to install the collection in the 12th century church and all for a parish of fewer than 700 people . |
| 15 | It 's taken 3 years to build . |
| 16 | The house is very charming but it 's taken 20 years to get to the present condition . |
| 17 | It 's taken ten years to convert the whole farm and today it offers a vision of what organic farms of the future could look like . |
| 18 | He confesses he found the book 's success unreal and it 's taken several years to find level ground again . |
| 19 | It 's taken 114 years to build up Blackwells from a one-room shop to today 's multi-million pound business . |
| 20 | It 's taken twenty years of work by volunteers.Tim Hurst reports . |
| 21 | He says that it 's taken twenty years to build up the business , but they 'll just have to start all over again . |
| 22 | This is the game … this is the goal the Swindon fans will treasure for ever … their first win in the Premiership … it 's taken three months and sixteen games to get it … |
| 23 | It 's taken some time to construct . |
| 24 | it was taken that way |
| 25 | It was taken 300 miles up , from a satellite . |
| 26 | it was taken last July fortnight because Jackie and Tom were away and that |
| 27 | But he was taken last month to Bill Wightman 's gallops on the lovely downland on which the great Halloween was trained . |
| 28 | He was taken 60 miles by ambulance to Newcastle where his condition was ‘ very critical . ’ |