Example sentences of "[was/were] taken [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Open field sites in the vicinity of London were taken over for the construction of studios in the belief that it was heaps of brick and iron rather than organizational flair that explained the success of Louis B. Mayer or Samuel Goldwyn . |
| 2 | In fact , 32 houses , 3 churches and 2 gardens were taken over for the building of the Clementinum or Jesuit College . |
| 3 | Ten thousand people were taken up for a guinea a ride of a few moments . |
| 4 | We were taken off for a shower — which was welcome as I had n't washed properly since the night before I left London- and then shown our beds in the barrack rooms on the second and third floors . |
| 5 | He was taken in for a moment , and believed her . |