Example sentences of "being take to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | At a time of an election when MPs at least pretend to listen to voters , object strongly and question the legality of a law which can lead to people who have paid all their poll tax being taken to court for refusing to pay non-payers ' debts . |
2 | A CHILEAN boxing champion is on a hunger strike and an Argentinian doctor is being taken to court as a result of an attempt by doctors to put an end to professional boxing in Chile . |
3 | Offences such as wasting police time and perverting the course of justice could be considered , with the possibility of both being taken to court as drivers and letting the court decide . |
4 | Local authorities will have a duty to keep the streets clean , on pain of being taken to court by members of the public . |
5 | Bureaux that ignore the new laws run the risk of being taken to court by local trading standards authorities , and fined . |
6 | The vicar is being taken to court by his own church leaders over the state of his rectory , where the garden has been turned into a farmyard . |
7 | I remember too being taken to school for the first time . |
8 | When doctors told her early on January 26 that the baby was seriously ill and was being taken to theatre for an operation , she asked them : ‘ How come you left it so late ? ’ |
9 | As you probably read in the quality press , FIMBRA are always being taken to task for er not spotting investment groups that have gone too far , er and er when you get the collapse of something like the Levitt group erm which you 'll be aware of perhaps was the er sort of boxing and impresario type route that was taken by the man in the dicky bow . |
10 | The woman , who has not yet been named but is aged about 50 , was trapped in her car and had to be freed by firemen before being taken to hospital with back and neck injuries . |