Example sentences of "[coord] taken [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he allowed the headstall to be put on him , he was rewarded by being put out in the paddock , or brought in for his dinner , or taken for a ride . |
| 2 | They would like to be able to be caring within limits , and without the fear that they might get overwhelmed or taken for a ride . |
| 3 | As I see it , the considerations set out above and taken as a whole lead irresistibly to the conclusion that , when considering the expression ‘ any person ’ in the sections , it is impossible to identify any particular limitation which can be said , with any degree of confidence , to represent the presumed intention of Parliament . |
| 4 | The little deer was seen staggering in a distressed and bloated condition , captured with difficulty and taken to a vet who pumped fermented corn from the stomach — presumably the fawn had gorged herself on pheasant feed . |
| 5 | After three days , when scouring had stopped , she was tagged , put in a sack and taken to a field which a neighbour was certain her siblings frequented . |
| 6 | He was quickly surrounded by police and taken to a neighbour 's house where they broke the tragic news that his four children — Sharon , aged five , and her brothers , Francis , four , Martin three , and Stefan , one — were dead . |
| 7 | She was finally discovered and taken to a concentration camp where she died . |
| 8 | Each category had to be put in a different container and taken to a collection centre . |
| 9 | ‘ She was dragged into a car and taken to a house . |
| 10 | Each window is being carefully removed , and taken to a workshop in Yorkshire to be cleaned and repaired . |
| 11 | He was handcuffed and taken to a locker room where he was chained to a metal grille by the arms and legs . |
| 12 | During the visits of the programme monitors , the mothers would be asked to prepare some LGS , a sample of which was collected and taken to a laboratory where the concentration of sodium ions was measured . |
| 13 | During the course of the story Tottle is arrested for theft and taken to a sponging-house , from which he is rescued by Parsons . |
| 14 | But taken as a whole , the amount of arable land in the world is increasing year by year . ’ |