Example sentences of "taken [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know they were only being taken on for a couple of months and they , they wanted to form a trade union but quite a lot of the tra er father Christmases would n't join a trade union . |
| 2 | I well remember a young man who aroused special interest one weekend because he had been taken on at a place which had a certain reputation . |
| 3 | When the earl died without male issue in 1373 , he was taken on as a king 's knight by Edward III who , in addition to confirming the earl 's grant , awarded him an annuity for life of £50 . |
| 4 | The only outings I remember being taken on as a child were once with the school to the zoo and once by my mother to a seaside promenade . |
| 5 | You were taken on as a boy and er you got a boy 's wages but you were expected to do as much work as a man . |
| 6 | In October 1922 , employees ' wages were reduced by three shillings a week ! conditions at that time were severe ; men had to serve for several years on the seasonal staff before being taken on as a regular . |
| 7 | After she left at 16 she got a job in a pub but became interested in nursing as a career , being taken on as a trainee student nurse three years later . |
| 8 | I was taken on as a staff programme researcher for " Here Today " , Salary : £1,100 . |
| 9 | Mendoros joined in the early days , taken on as a quality engineer by GE acting on behalf of HAI . |
| 10 | Philip was taken on as a sort of pupil-teacher , helping with the children and also furthering his own education . |
| 11 | A stranger asking for employment at the mine would not , unless he was skilled in the mining trade , expect to be taken on in a partnership so readily , though a labour shortage might improve his chances . |
| 12 | A small garden that can be taken in at a glance can soon become boring . |
| 13 | He was taken in for a moment , and believed her . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |
| 15 | Soon after the outbreak of World War II , Sinclair was taken in by a deception operation mounted by the German Sicherheitsdienst ( the SS security service ) which led to the capture of two of his officers in the Dutch border town of Venlo . |
| 16 | Cathy Wilkerson and Kathy Boudin , the latter totally naked , stumbled into the street and were taken in by a neighbour who offered them a shower and clothing . |
| 17 | He was illiterate and possessed a limited knowledge of English , and had a partner who was unscrupulous ; he was utterly vulnerable , a lamb to the slaughter , taken in by a rotter . |
| 18 | She was such a level-headed , dynamic person ; and to be taken in by a scut like him . ’ |
| 19 | It 's merely recording the words we use are taken down on a scrap of paper context I do n't but used . |
| 20 | The Roe workings had , in the Deep Mine , been taken down to a depth of about 372 ft. from surface though the upper parts were of course , much older . |
| 21 | The mainsheet is taken down to a track just ahead of the wheel pedestal where it is within easy reach of the helmsman and the genoa is trimmed by a pair of three-speed Barient 37–3AST winches which achieve a ratio of 87:1 in third gear . |
| 22 | I have even dreamed as Marie Romanov ; a nightmare in which I and all my family were taken down into a cellar and shot . |
| 23 | Bootle FC chairman Frank Doran told magistrates the adverts had initially been taken down after a warning from council inspectors . |
| 24 | One of the most important concerns the ending , which was to have been based on an Old Believer melody Mussorgsky had taken down from a friend . |
| 25 | ‘ Was it taken down by a policeman ? ’ |
| 26 | As the dog does so , he is taken down by a snatch on the lead . |
| 27 | ( This plan was abandoned when rumours began to circulate that the castle was about to be taken over as a headquarters for Field Marshal Kesselring ; rumours which subsequently proved to have no basis in fact . ) |
| 28 | The original church here was taken over as a convent church when San Carlo Borromeo set up the convent for girls who had been orphaned by the plague . |
| 29 | The present Clanna Weir House was formerly the main card mill and one of the other mill buildings was later taken over as a saw mill , power coming from a water turbine powered by waters channelled from the ponds above the site . |
| 30 | Spitalfields , once a wholesale fruit and vegetable market , has been taken over as a leisure venture with around 200 stalls selling crafts and bric-a-brac plus sporting attractions in a covered area larger than Covent Garden . |