Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] take [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were rather taken aback when they realised they would be learning about the way the planning system operates ! |
| 2 | But he was concerned to prevent the system becoming a greater burden than ever through malpractice of the sort which the Worcester monk Hemming reports when he says that estates were sometimes taken even when the money due had been paid on time . |
| 3 | I think he was rather taken aback because my understanding is that he told David that he could get him out of the contract . |
| 4 | He was somewhat taken aback when Robin pointed out that he was entitled to use the name anyway . |
| 5 | When I arrived at the Palace gates with my invitation card I was somewhat taken aback when two or three in the crowd around the railings recognized me and asked for autographs — in that place of all places ! |
| 6 | He was somewhat taken aback when we identified ourselves as Customs , muttering something about clearing customs at Poole Quay later . |
| 7 | In the report which played mainly on the results of the trade union studies information unit survey the survey was only taken shortly after we had commenced the new education system therefore the figures are not necessarily reflected today . |
| 8 | Many parents felt that their own contribution to the assessment was only taken seriously when it supported what the professionals were saying . |
| 9 | Even Mortimer felt a tingle of horror as he saw the figure approach Ace and laugh , but he was momentarily taken aback when Ace 's hands suddenly whipped round and grabbed the man 's shoulders , and she kneed him swiftly in the groin . |
| 10 | I was slightly taken aback when she walked forward across the road , shaking her head in sorrow or denial . |
| 11 | He was really taken aback cos he says to me , you did n't tell anybody , then you Joe . |
| 12 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
| 13 | Be was considerably taken aback when he felt two sharp prongs projecting down into the vagina beside the cervix . |
| 14 | Johnson was therefore taken aback when the strongly homophobic Chancellor of London asked the new Archdeacon to intervene . |