Example sentences of "[was/were] taken to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | All four were taken to a hotel to go through the agonising ordeal of kissing goodbye to the baby they had thought was theirs . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They were taken to a room with walls of glass , overlooked by a central console with nurses in attendance . |
| 5 | By the time she was thirteen the routine of agony and rebellion on one side and vengeful discipline on the other had worn everyone out and she was taken to a barber . |
| 6 | Sgt Smith , seriously wounded , was taken to a casualty clearing station at Benenden , and died two days later . |
| 7 | Another 24-year-old man from Keynsham was taken to a specialist head injuries unit at Frenchay hospital , Bristol . |
| 8 | Moreover , the entire male population of Moussey ( 210 persons ) was taken to a concentration camp as a reprisal for sheltering S.A.S. men ; only seventy came back . |
| 9 | ‘ As a result of that the child was taken to a place of safety and is now being accommodated by the council , ’ a council spokesman said . |
| 10 | When SDLP leader John Hume met the IRA in 1985 he was taken to a house — widely believed to have been in the Republic — and after a wait of 28 hours was introduced to a man who said he was an IRA spokesman . |
| 11 | ‘ I was taken to a room which I had to share with three others , two Indian women and one black man , ’ she told me . |
| 12 | The pensioner was later treated in hospital and was taken to a nursing home because she was too distressed to return home . |
| 13 | Mr Peter Joyce , prosecuting , said the offences came to light when the baby , who was not named in court , was taken to a health centre for treatment to an elbow injury inflicted by his father five days earlier . |
| 14 | After watching an international match , he was taken to a forest clearing where a game between two amateur sides was lit by ear headlights . |