Example sentences of "[vb past] been taken by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1984 , when his successful playing career still had a few years to run , and his gambler 's mantle had been taken by the rugged striker Alan Brazil , Macari moved into management with Swindon Town . |
| 2 | Both crises arose from discontent over the financing of the war , but it is perhaps a measure of the king 's failing powers that whereas in 1340–1 the lead in attacking his ministers had been taken by the king himself , the initiative now rested with a group of lay nobles , chief amongst whom , if some of the chroniclers are to be believed , was the young Earl of Pembroke . |
| 3 | Completely the wrong approach had been taken by the Government . |
| 4 | Gradually , he led her through the centuries to later years , years that brought about the attempt to overthrow the Faith by the English under Henry , and of the increasingly repressive measures that had been taken by the Lord Deputies under Elizabeth in the last fifteen years . |
| 5 | ‘ When I was there I was given a copy of a US Senate foreign relations report which alleged that a large number of British POWs from the Second World War had disappeared in Soviet hands , and that a number of United Nations troops had been taken by the Soviets from the Chinese during the Korean War and never returned . |
| 6 | Although she could have sworn she had blacked out , she still somehow recalled the journey on which she had been taken by the tall man and a few others . |
| 7 | For his heart had been taken by the sight of Neva , as hers with him , and he had followed her . |
| 8 | Distraught with grief and shock , rejected by her own mother and father , Melissa had been taken by the warm-hearted Craigs into their own home ; the small matter of illegitimacy had been discreetly dealt with by a statutory change of name and a wedding-ring , and the bereaved parents had found consolation for the loss of their only child in caring for his son . |
| 9 | But the man said he ‘ understood ’ a decision had been taken by the leadership of the UDA/ UFF to raid the homes of RUC officers in loyalist areas and ‘ subject their wives and children to similar treatment . ’ |
| 10 | The decision to apply had been taken by the government in May 1991 . |
| 11 | A number of measures had been taken by the defendants to cover their tracks from the outside world . |
| 12 | The advocate depute submitted that at the trial the view had been taken by the advocate depute and counsel for the defence that there was sufficient evidence to support the view that the two appellants were acting in concert . |
| 13 | Cheshire Fire Brigade who set up an emergency operation centre on site said the cloud had been taken by the prevailing wind east of Northwich . |