Example sentences of "[was/were] taken for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blackpool Council were impressed with the smooth running and high speeds , when they were taken for a trial run on July 1st in 1898 . |
| 2 | And at the end of the session we were taken for a tow round the harbour . |
| 3 | Perhaps because I was taken for a Jew . |
| 4 | The fastest production car in the world was taken for a test drive today by the President of the Board of Trade Michael Hesletine . |
| 5 | That was taken for a joke on the place that , god knows what it was , what it was . |