Example sentences of "taken [pron] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past five years Egham Swan Sanctuary has collected the swans and taken them away for a kind of annual holiday … |
| 2 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |
| 3 | The Campbells steamer his mother had once taken him on for a day trip to Ilfracombe . |
| 4 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 5 | He did n't know where Victor and Masha were ; they had separated at Heathrow , some Amnesty guys had taken him off for a boozy lunch . |
| 6 | We 've taken it over for a week or so . |
| 7 | That what the inspector 's been telling us year after year , that we are in serious danger of not coming up to the protection safety standards , is something that we ca n't push into the background any longer and I 'm very glad it 's come to the full council so that the whole council can take it seriously the public protection committee has taken it seriously for a very long time . |