Example sentences of "[noun prp] have be taken [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Magistrate , for example , when told that Mrs Wright had been taken ill , showed no interest whatsoever , and when further informed , a little later , that she had given birth , observed dryly : " I 'm surprised that she had the energy . " |
| 2 | Mindful of the manner in which the fortresses of Liege and Namur had been taken prior to the Battle of the Marne , at relatively little cost , by the use of the new and highly effective howitzer , General Erich von Falkenhayn ordered up a 42cm version of this formidable weapon and commenced the bombardment of the city 's outer fortifications on the night of 27/28 September . |
| 3 | A sentence such as John has been taken ill has a certain syntactic structure which remains unchanged in different communicative settings . |
| 4 | In context , it will function in a certain kind of perspective , depending on the purpose of communication ; for instance , it may function as a statement of a person 's state of health ( John has been taken ill ) , as an identification of the person affected ( John has been taken ill ) , or as an affirmation that the information conveyed is really valid ( John has been taken ill ) . |
| 5 | In context , it will function in a certain kind of perspective , depending on the purpose of communication ; for instance , it may function as a statement of a person 's state of health ( John has been taken ill ) , as an identification of the person affected ( John has been taken ill ) , or as an affirmation that the information conveyed is really valid ( John has been taken ill ) . |
| 6 | In context , it will function in a certain kind of perspective , depending on the purpose of communication ; for instance , it may function as a statement of a person 's state of health ( John has been taken ill ) , as an identification of the person affected ( John has been taken ill ) , or as an affirmation that the information conveyed is really valid ( John has been taken ill ) . |
| 7 | If we take the example of John has been taken ill ( as a statement of John 's state of health ) , the foundation-laying element would be John . |
| 8 | In John has been taken ill , the rheme is take + ill . |
| 9 | ‘ Mabel 's been taken ill ? |