Example sentences of "[pers pn] were taken [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few minutes ' drive and we were taken into a building . |
| 2 | A porter let us in and we were taken into a great yard . |
| 3 | We were taken into a small chapel and some Spanish border guards gave us hot coffee and bread . |
| 4 | I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we ! |
| 5 | When my tour ended we were taken across the route to Damascus in the Nairn transport . |
| 6 | I had the great advantage of being brought up by a really traditional , old-fashioned nanny , who saw us through numerous disasters , one of which was the very memorable moment during the blitz when we were taken to a very smart tea shop in Curzon Street , a place where nannies met each other and their charges were just kept in tow . |
| 7 | After a few days , we were taken to a camp for women and children north of Perpignan , where there was food and shelter , although not enough of either . |
| 8 | Next morning we were taken to a small village nearby , on a patch of dry ground in the middle of a bog , and on this uninviting spot the chief , an aged , autocratic savage called Afleodham , instructed us to camp . |
| 9 | We were taken to the chief who instructed four young boys to show us the path up to the top . |
| 10 | After the service we were taken to the centre of Adelaide for the main parade . |
| 11 | We were taken to the XX hospital where they took many photos and asked questions . |
| 12 | The Chinese imagined that the Scots were like the Albanians — and appropriately enough we were taken to the Sino-Albanian Friendship Commune . ) |
| 13 | We were taken to the station , dragged down to the cells and left there — all of us , Dad , Russell , his friend Tony and me . |
| 14 | After lunch , where both of us drank too much red wine , we were taken to the wild boar pens and told to clean them out . |
| 15 | One afternoon we were taken to the Kidge above Delhi where British troops had held out against constant attacks during the Mutiny . |
| 16 | We were taken to the main hall , a long lofty chamber dominated by a hammer-beamed roof with an oriel window at one end depicting the Lamb of God carrying a standard . |
| 17 | Dacourt also was provided with his own chamber but we were taken to the top of the palace . |
| 18 | And at the end of the session we were taken for a tow round the harbour . |
| 19 | They were taken aboard the fishing boat , and they found the only word they had in common with the fishermen was Koepang . |
| 20 | The highlight of the trip for the boys was when they were taken into the 747 cockpit halfway through the flight . |
| 21 | An attitude of respect , even fear came over their escort as they were taken into the church . |
| 22 | They were taken to a room with walls of glass , overlooked by a central console with nurses in attendance . |
| 23 | Neither of the men knew , so they were taken to the station and charged with stealing a car . |
| 24 | They were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at King 's Lynn , Norfolk . |
| 25 | When the cards were written , they were taken to the school chapel where prayers were said for everyone imprisoned for their beliefs . |
| 26 | Since restrictive practices legislation was first introduced , almost 5000 agreements have been registered , the vast majority of which were abandoned even before they were taken to the Court . |
| 27 | They were taken to the mortuary at Crook cemetery while the investigation into the crash started . |
| 28 | The others continued to Sydney , where they were taken to an internment camp at Hay , three miles up the railway on the Murrumbidgee river . |
| 29 | Blackpool Council were impressed with the smooth running and high speeds , when they were taken for a trial run on July 1st in 1898 . |
| 30 | There 's a poster beside one of the machines — ‘ DO N'T DISREGARD — REPLACE THE GUARD ’ , it says … you have to laugh — there are no guards , they were taken off the machines to up the production , they only put them on when the big bosses are coming over from the States to inspect the place — the place really gets cleaned up then . |