Example sentences of "[be] taken a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A campesina woman who had been forced to move into the capital because her brother had been taken a political prisoner , had participated in the UN ) : |
| 2 | Metals was used for barrels but only for ones that were being taken a long way away like wine barrels that were being taken to or from Gascony . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ She 's taken a long time to throw off the illness and is still not fully fit , ’ said Sheppard 's Milngavie and Bearsden coach , Alex McNeil . |
| 5 | ‘ Doyle 's taken a downward turn . |
| 6 | I can not possibly reveal the name of the alleged culprit , because at the time of going to press he 's taken a well-deserved holiday in the ardeche from his climbing wall company |
| 7 | Taylor yesterday underlined the lighter mood in the England camp when he kidded journalists : ‘ I am afraid Gazza 's taken a bad knock and I 've drafted in Vinnie Jones … ’ |
| 8 | In Oxford for the past 18 months , it 's taken a peculiar form when youths perform stunts in high performance cars in front of crowds . |
| 9 | But one MP , who 's taken a special interest in the problem says the sentence is n't tough enough . |
| 10 | Ooh I was taken a long time ago . |
| 11 | On that one was taken a little bit earlier , you can see they certainly had one of the old er gates there . |