Example sentences of "they [was/were] take [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before they reached the great stone shaped like the skull of a horse which marked the path they were to take to the right , the fires were all out and the smoke from them had dispersed into the general heat-haze . |
| 2 | He and his step-brother Philip Giles got separated from their parents on a ski-lift they were taking up the mountain side . |
| 3 | They were taken aboard the fishing boat , and they found the only word they had in common with the fishermen was Koepang . |
| 4 | The highlight of the trip for the boys was when they were taken into the 747 cockpit halfway through the flight . |
| 5 | An attitude of respect , even fear came over their escort as they were taken into the church . |
| 6 | Neither of the men knew , so they were taken to the station and charged with stealing a car . |
| 7 | They were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at King 's Lynn , Norfolk . |
| 8 | When the cards were written , they were taken to the school chapel where prayers were said for everyone imprisoned for their beliefs . |
| 9 | Since restrictive practices legislation was first introduced , almost 5000 agreements have been registered , the vast majority of which were abandoned even before they were taken to the Court . |
| 10 | They were taken to the mortuary at Crook cemetery while the investigation into the crash started . |
| 11 | There 's a poster beside one of the machines — ‘ DO N'T DISREGARD — REPLACE THE GUARD ’ , it says … you have to laugh — there are no guards , they were taken off the machines to up the production , they only put them on when the big bosses are coming over from the States to inspect the place — the place really gets cleaned up then . |
| 12 | They were taken off the mountain by rescue teams from Oban and Dumbarton . |
| 13 | They were taken with the Leica . ’ |
| 14 | Sometimes they were taken by the Dark Lords and imprisoned for ever in the Black Ireland . |
| 15 | ‘ Reference to the transcript of the judgment in that case however reveals that the decision did not turn on concealment in the shopping bag but was expressly upon the ground that the goods were appropriated when they were taken from the shelves . |
| 16 | Those two quotes about ’ absolute rubbish ’ and ’ a quick fix ’ are not my words ; they were taken from the speech made on Thursday last week by the chairman of British Coal . |