Example sentences of "[was/were] taken out [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The ships were taken out of service in circumstances entirely different from the set of priorities and considerations that apply today .
2 Leeds Corporation having agreed to purchase 92 Feltham type cars , they were taken out of service and moved to Charlton Works one at a time , so that conduit equipment could be removed and an articulated aircraft carrier lorry was specially adapted to carry each of them to Leeds .
3 Nos. 384 , 387 and 398 were taken out of service at the fifth stage of the conversion on 16 October 1951 and the rest survived until the sixth stage on 5 January 1952 , when they were scrapped at Penhall Road .
4 It is said that Nos. 25 and 34 were taken out of service and loaned to the War Office for use as Searchlight cars .
5 At the same time , Nos. 1E , 2E and 3E , were taken out of service for a short time , to receive a small modification — they were fitted with spare sets of track brake equipment , so that they could subsequently work to the Crystal Palace .
6 Everything would be different if the devils were taken out of Timothy Gedge because God could do anything .
7 Black says his remarks were taken out of context in an effort to discredit him .
8 The master recorded in his journal gifts of flowers , cakes , toys and illustrated papers to the inmates , some of whom were taken out for treats , such as visits to the Bedford Picture Palace .
9 For this Annual Event wooden forms were taken out into St. Martin 's Church Street and men used to manhandle the piano down the stairs to take it outside .
10 He was a kind of punch-bag for Jack , as all Jack 's anger was taken out on Piggy .
11 When I was nine months old I was taken out to India by my parents who had a theatre company — they still have it , in fact , and they still tour .
12 One night in late July I was taken out to supper by Ian Gow , the Prime Minister 's Parliamentary Private Secretary .
13 A subscription was taken out to Repertoire international de la presse musicale , a substantial new series of indexes to 19th-century European music journals .
14 I was taken out to dinner on the day of my arrival , and yesterday there was a ‘ coquetel ’ ( cocktail party ) after the inaugural ceremony , which contained a lot of unintelligible speeches in Portuguese .
15 No. 2099 was taken out of service and removed to Charlton Works for preparation for the journey and left for Leeds on approval on 20 September .
16 The remaining boat was taken out of service for fear of a repeat disaster , and new German boats were ordered .
17 With the advent of Venturous , it was time for the old Vigilant to bow out and she was taken out of service in May 1962 when Venturous was commissioned and became operational .
18 Twelve channels of the reactor were refuelled before the outage began and then the fuel route was taken out of service immediately .
19 The refuelling plant was taken out of service on 25 June after charging the reactors with as much fuel as possible .
20 W was that decision to any extent er influenced by , if I can put it rather er ineptly , the state of blood hound when it was taken out of service .
21 Well as you know I think the committee looked at this erm in nineteen ninety one and er I think it is fairly true to say that by the time it was taken out of service blood hound did not represent a very high level of capability erm and the gap , there is a gap obviously between blood hound it 'll it 'll now be a rather longer gap between that and any A M S A M replacement , er but blood hound itself was judged to be frankly not worth having .
22 Her decision , she said , was taken out of loyalty to the organization and not because of the " false allegations " against her .
23 One of the generators in reactor number 2 of the Ignalina power station in Lithuania was taken out of circuit because of a mechanical failure which was quickly repaired , according to the authorities .
24 she was taken out of work one morning and now they 've bought her another car and I do n't where it 's happened but somebody 's gone into the back of her
25 Specially when he was taken out of commission by a nobody .
26 Derry 's quote was taken out of context — the interview from which that quote was lifted was a very light-hearted affair . ’
27 utterance was taken out of context , and that he was advocating greater involvement by the national parliaments ?
28 utterance was taken out of context , and that he was advocating greater involvement by the national parliaments ?
29 Its quite possible this was taken out of context by teletext — they often do — especially in this case where the press have been trying to stir up a rift for well over a year .
30 Dr Reid , author of a book on the Orkney case , claimed : ‘ There is not a shred of evidence of any form of abuse , physical or sexual , since the children 's father was taken out of circulation . ’
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