Example sentences of "[was/were] take [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his step-brother Philip Giles got separated from their parents on a ski-lift they were taking up the mountain side . |
| 2 | Volunteers present at the two events were taken through a questionnaire on the day of the study , followed by a shorter questionnaire a week later ( by phone or post ) and four weeks later ( by post ) . |
| 3 | If donations were taken at a service , they were left at the door either on the way in or on the way out . |
| 4 | Three subjects were taken at A level and they were usually taken as packages of closely related studies : physics , chemistry , and mathematics ; French , German , and English ; history , geography , and economics . |
| 5 | Each field started with 95 cells and images were taken at a rate of 12 frames per hour . |
| 6 | First steps were taken at the HSE conference in Jakarta . |
| 7 | Blood samples of the fasted state of the rats were taken at the time when the animals were killed for measurement of gastrin and CCK in plasma and were collected in EDTA tubes from the internal jugular vein . |
| 8 | They thought I was really funny , but when my particulars were taken at the end of the week , I was again brought across the counter to sign other folk on . |
| 9 | Blood samples were taken at the end of each infusion period for gastrin assay . |
| 10 | She went on record to reassure parents that no children were taken with a revenge motive . |
| 11 | An external consultant was called in and the first steps towards a safer environment were taken with the installation of signs indicating emergency exits and fire extinguishers . |
| 12 | Patricia Holding , from Durham County Council , told the court more than 30 drums of hazardous paint stripper were taken to a dump at Heighington Lane , Newton Aycliffe . |
| 13 | All four were taken to a hotel to go through the agonising ordeal of kissing goodbye to the baby they had thought was theirs . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They were taken to a room with walls of glass , overlooked by a central console with nurses in attendance . |
| 16 | The others continued to Sydney , where they were taken to an internment camp at Hay , three miles up the railway on the Murrumbidgee river . |
| 17 | You know sure there were committees to manage either financial affairs , or various other bits and pieces that went on , but even then decisions they took were taken to the lodge to be voted on . |
| 18 | It was claimed their daughters were taken to the barn for sex after a pub night out with Harper and his friends , Wisdom Smith and Daniel Winter , both 19 . |
| 19 | The prosecution at Bristol Crown Court claimed the girls were taken to the barn after a pub night out with David Harper , 21 , and his friends Wisdom Smith and Daniel Winter , both 19 , for sex . |
| 20 | Dacourt also was provided with his own chamber but we were taken to the top of the palace . |
| 21 | After the service we were taken to the centre of Adelaide for the main parade . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In the late 1980s a number of libel cases were taken to the Court of Appeal on pre-trial issues concerning technical points of pleading , and much criticism was levelled at the complexity , expense and delay which have become associated with libel actions . |
| 24 | When the cards were written , they were taken to the school chapel where prayers were said for everyone imprisoned for their beliefs . |
| 25 | All the other components were taken to the machine shop , where multi-spindle three head drills , straight line drills and umbrella punches , completed the machinery and the finished articles were taken direct to their place of assembly . |
| 26 | Some of those who had absconded , and some women who were brought before the Board , were taken to the magistrate 's and on the Sunday evening after Christmas the house was in a very disturbed state so far that we did not think it prudent to assemble for Divine Worship . ’ |
| 27 | One afternoon we were taken to the Kidge above Delhi where British troops had held out against constant attacks during the Mutiny . |
| 28 | The four were taken to the Aucayacu military barracks on 15 October . |
| 29 | Neither of the men knew , so they were taken to the station and charged with stealing a car . |
| 30 | We were taken to the station , dragged down to the cells and left there — all of us , Dad , Russell , his friend Tony and me . |