Example sentences of "[been] take [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know Connells ' all been took over by Gala ? |
| 2 | The job of putting the Ryal International Pavillion , Llangollen on the Map has been taken on by Carolyn Brindle who has been appointed administrator . |
| 3 | In addition , two colleagues in naval intelligence had recently been taken on by ICI to be trained as work study officers , and spoke enthusiastically to me of how they were treated by the company . |
| 4 | Winter and the new Food and Beverage manager had considered that the best applicant was a female graduate with a proven record and innovative ideas , but there was opposition from the Head Chef and the rest of the ‘ old guard ’ , who contacted the previous owner : he in turn had spoken to David Edwards , who had rung Winter and suggested ‘ cooling it ’ ( the disappointed applicant had subsequently been taken on by Duchy 's expanding Hotels Division ) . |
| 5 | She 'd been taken on by Harman almost as — well yes , his protégé really . |
| 6 | Eighteen trainees have been taken on by BP Norway to gain practical experience on the Ula and Gyda fields . |
| 7 | Medicine and money from the public health budget are being unofficially transferred to the military health services and at least five regional hospitals and a number of smaller health centres have been taken over for use by the military . |
| 8 | The cotton magnates had gone elsewhere and their villas had been taken over as government offices and army posts . |
| 9 | A well converted market building can inject new life into a whole area : Covent Garden is the classic example , where all the former premises of fruit and vegetable wholesalers around the market have been taken over as shops , wine bars and restaurants . |
| 10 | ‘ They are both extremely attractive targets but because of the family control neither could have been taken over without consent and , to date , the families have shown no inclination to sell out , ’ said one Continental drinks watcher . |
| 11 | EASTMAN Ross , the Aberdeen-based oil industry supplier , has been taken over by Kingswood Fluid Power Group . |
| 12 | The Ford New Holland dealership in the Taunton , Somerset , area has been taken over by Jewells , part of the Kellands group . |
| 13 | On the school 's noticeboard , religious notices have been taken over by election literature and copies of the government 's exhortations to take part in today 's vote for parliament as a ‘ religious and political duty ’ . |
| 14 | Most shops and herds have been taken over by families or collectives . |
| 15 | This was the very fringe of his parish , that part that would never become residentially ‘ desirable ’ because it was too near the railway , and many of the big gaunt houses had been taken over by families of West Indians . |
| 16 | Imagine that when you come home from a holiday , your house has been taken over by squatters . |
| 17 | Because of the present confusion in East Berlin , the owners of the buildings are unknown and many of them have been taken over by squatters from all over the world who make paintings , installations and sculpture frequently from old junk and scrap metal , create theatre and festivals , run parties and discos , bars etc . |
| 18 | The little ‘ writing room ’ had already been taken over by Alison , her typewriter on the table , her notebooks spread about . |
| 19 | Sue Rorstad , who built up her Poppies firm into one of the region 's most successful companies , says the town has been taken over by drunks and thieves . |
| 20 | Before that , however , in 1958 , the year the Albion brewery celebrated its 150th anniversary , Mann Crossman and Paulin had been taken over by Watney 's . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've lost many of our localised products because they 've been taken over by multi-nationals . |
| 22 | A study of traditional vole breeding sites in the North Yorks Moors National Park showed that a number had been taken over by mink , and that in others voles were either absent , or were present only in relatively small numbers . |
| 23 | Taking the first function , while it is true that the education ( and hence , also , [ … ] socialization — since the two can not be readily separated ) of children and young adults has increasingly been taken over by agencies outside the home such as schools , play-groups and youth organizations , the basic primary socialization of the child is still very much a responsibility of a nuclear family . |
| 24 | As some of these private functions of unions have been taken over by welfare state agencies , unions have taken on other roles — especially representing their members in legal or industrial tribunals in claims over redundancy , discrimination , and negligence . |
| 25 | One of the first brass mills in the region was set up by Abraham Darby ( q.v. ) in 1702 , but by 1930 the industry was extinct in the area , having been taken over by Birmingham . |
| 26 | However , its marketing has recently been taken over by Letraset and we await to see the outcome . |
| 27 | Since then Stanley has been taken over by Ward White , Harris by James Gulliver 's Lowndes , and Ward White has been taken over by Boots . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the Trains were in 5th place in the second group and the lead had been taken over by Gyulay/Petervari . |
| 29 | This hotel has just been taken over by Herr and Frau Sulzur , and already there is a friendly atmosphere . |
| 30 | The shop , of 998 sq ft on two floors , has been taken over by Fols Ladiesware , who paid a premium close to the asking figure of £7,500 , with the rental being £11,000 per annum . |