Example sentences of "[being] taken [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social interviews can vary from a candidate being taken over to the pub for a drink and a sandwich , so that future colleagues can see whether or not the newcomer will fit in , to full-scale formal affairs . |
| 2 | A man from the local education authority , after being taken over to the pub by Mr Malik , had announced his intention of sending his own son to the school . |
| 3 | JAGUAR and General Motors were last night locked in crucial talks over a deal which would safeguard the luxury car maker from being taken over by the rival US motor giant Ford . |
| 4 | It is that the view of Anglo-American finance as a casino full of rapacious capitalists has become popular at the same time as those countries ' companies were being taken over by the people themselves . |
| 5 | You never hear of groups being taken over by the drummer . |
| 6 | By the late twenties and early thirties , ‘ bus travel had taken over most of this lucrative Friday traffic ; Basfords of Towcester ran two ‘ buses and The Buckingham Orange did two return journeys from Buckingham with Jelley 's of Cosgrove , the latter two being taken over by the United Counties Bus Company in the mid-1930s . |
| 7 | As only the better-off members could afford the piece of silver , this can be seen as the first sign that the classless Society of Archers was being taken over by the wealthier members . |
| 8 | After being taken over by the Catuvellauni they had a right to expect some restoration of their territories . |
| 9 | It 's now being taken over by the new Historic Chapels Trust . |
| 10 | Decisions were being taken well before the British property boom of the 1980s . |
| 11 | However , it is vulnerable to wind noises , especially if the shot is being taken right into the weather . |
| 12 | Taking lifetime consumption , this is defined as where the last term represents the present value of wealth passed on ( r being taken here as the interest rate per generation ) . |
| 13 | ( As an American he would have been used to ‘ collections ’ being taken up during the service . |
| 14 | It 's even less taking up i i er land being taken up in the region as a whole , it 's even less in terms of the U K. |
| 15 | Just how many are helped is a question now being taken up by the Lawson Wilkins ; : Society a group of paediatric endocrinologists . |
| 16 | Most of them must first pass through a stage of being used within LE by black speakers , before being taken up by the LE speaking community as a whole . |
| 17 | Designed as a ‘ fun ’ aeroplane it first flew in 1934 or 1935 , subsequently being taken on by the Soviet Air Force as the standard advanced trainer for fighter pilots with production totalling 1,241 by early 1940 . |
| 18 | He completed his thesis on Lorenzo di Credi and worked in Italy at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence and the Biblioteca Herziana , Rome , before being taken on by the Albertina , Vienna . |
| 19 | He 's studying for a PHD in Biophysics aOOxford university and next year he 's being taken on by the American space agency NASA . |
| 20 | The work will not mean any new workers being taken on by the developer of the Tees Offshore Base , housed in the former Smiths Dock . |
| 21 | The threat to the plant 's existence is being taken seriously by the unions even though the management denies any intention to close it . |
| 22 | Witnesses have been describing the full horror of the May massacres for several weeks — and are now being taken seriously by the U.S. State Department . |
| 23 | The proposal to conserve two types of herring , the North Atlantic and South Pacific , is being taken seriously by the CITES secretariat in Lausanne . |
| 24 | Lack of attention aside , his name still cropped up in many conversations but he was never in any real danger of being taken seriously within the circle of Manchester 's low art dwellers . |
| 25 | It was the sort you sit up in , and there were two other people being taken home at the same time , so we did n't go straight to Fulham but did a detour through Kensington . |
| 26 | Despite her complaint , Bonnie managed to down three pints of strong ale before being taken home in the light cart , driven by the young stable-lad . |
| 27 | The Scottish Mountaineering Club 's Munros book mentioned a private road that ‘ at the time of writing ’ no objection was made to vehicles being taken along to the base of the walk . |
| 28 | So achieving Marchbanks was a gradual and thoughtful affair — I remember being taken aside by the director and given a whole day after we had been rehearsing for two weeks and simply talking together about the play and about ourselves which was the real making of the part over the next weeks of final rehearsal . |
| 29 | Tonight 's match will be Fashanu 's first since being taken off in the original match at Goodison Park . |
| 30 | Not being taken in by the belief that " help " of one kind or another really is helpful : it may actually hinder someone else 's growth towards maturity . |