Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 She 's taken over the household and the book-keeping too .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 This means they are taken on a daily basis to farms and other work-places outside the prison .
8 It 's taken on a special significance .
9 It 's taken on a special significance .
10 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 .
11 It is taken home every night to be re-whitened .
12 I 'm told the nursemaid takes the child 's food away from him after he 's taken only a bite or so .
13 TROUBLED John Major was accused yesterday of having ‘ little confidence ’ in keeping down interest rates — because he 's taken out a cheap FIXED mortgage .
14 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 ! ’
15 He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg .
16 Although he was sacked he was taken back a fourth time and he did indeed die in harness .
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