Example sentences of "[pron] be taken [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't think so because it 's in the main street called street and I was taken over the first day . |
2 | In April , I was taken on a tour of three of the modern French resorts : Les Arcs , Valmorel and Les Menuires . |
3 | I was dismissed from the library , but with a good reference and I was taken on the staff of the local Employment Exchange to ‘ sign on ’ the others . |
4 | ‘ It can be difficult to make your child take lengthy courses of treatments such as antibiotics when the average treatment can last for seven days — an eternity to a child However , newer , shorter-course antibiotic treatments are now available from your doctor , which are taken once a day for between three to five days . |
5 | By the middle of the twelfth century , a revised order introduced a solemn oath which was taken on the gospels . |
6 | She 's taken over the household and the book-keeping too . |
7 | Where the Book itself is taken lightly the offender is not worthy of respect . ’ |
8 | In 1934 , on the recommendation of Professor Bell , Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of Cape Town , her school was given a studio in the College of Music and she was taken on the staff of the Faculty of Music . |
9 | As working volunteers of a fraternal railway we were taken on the strength of the Llangollen railway for the day , and , clad in our reflective waistcoats , we were conducted along the track , first on foot , then on the ‘ Neptune ’ , a diesel track inspection vehicle . |
10 | If everything is taken on the wing , some planning , certainly , can be carried out . |
11 | This means they are taken on a daily basis to farms and other work-places outside the prison . |
12 | It 's taken on a special significance . |
13 | It 's taken on a special significance . |
14 | A Christmas Carol may be an old favourite this time of year — but performed by Herefordshire college students , it 's taken on a whole new look . |
15 | It is taken home every night to be re-whitened . |
16 | I 'm told the nursemaid takes the child 's food away from him after he 's taken only a bite or so . |
17 | TROUBLED John Major was accused yesterday of having ‘ little confidence ’ in keeping down interest rates — because he 's taken out a cheap FIXED mortgage . |
18 | He was taken on the indispensable visit to Holford Glen , and it was there , seated by the side of the brook , that the brief exchange took place which Coleridge was still repeating in his old age : ‘ Citizen John , ’ Coleridge remarked , ‘ this is a fine place to talk treason in ! ’ |
19 | He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg . |
20 | Although he was sacked he was taken back a fourth time and he did indeed die in harness . |