Example sentences of "was [adv] taken [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was eventually taken into state care in 1912 , and has been open to the public ever since . |
| 2 | He began banging his head against the wall , vomiting up his food , lost a great deal of weight and was eventually taken to hospital . |
| 3 | She was eventually taken to hospital , and this morning they told Moira that her condition is very serious . |
| 4 | If faster scrapping was properly taken into account in the capital stock statistics it would show up in a higher figure for depreciation ( and thus a lower profit share ) rather than a falling output-capital ratio . |
| 5 | In Japan , with its rigid status system , benevolence was rarely taken into account . |
| 6 | Le Cerf was rightly taken to task for his selective criticisms of Bononcini , 3 but the tonal oddness of Quando ridi is by no means exceptional in Italian music of the period . |
| 7 | After a long battle with the local council , she was finally taken to court and fined £800 . |
| 8 | Celia , though aware that this might happen , was nevertheless taken by surprise . |
| 9 | It was submitted that the risk of death was already taken into consideration in the expectation of life . |
| 10 | It was aimed at the top 60% of school pupils , and was usually taken by 15- and 16-year-olds . |
| 11 | It was aimed at the top 20% of school pupils , and again was usually taken by 15- and 16-year-olds . |
| 12 | Major has been embarrassed by unauthorised revelations : about his engagingly eccentric brother , Terry , who still bears the family 's original surname , Major-Ball ; and his sister Pat , now retired and in straitened circumstances , who was once taken to court for failing to pay the rates . |
| 13 | Alexei was always taken by surprise by the Yek talent for blunt speaking , ‘ That being the case , ’ he said , ‘ I am surprised you have given your consent to your daughter 's betrothal to me . ’ |
| 14 | Tory business managers began to scurry around anxiously and Sir Nicholas Lyell was clearly taken by surprise and began scribbling notes to form the basis of his speech . |
| 15 | The same may be true of its addition to the 1018 entry that the meeting between Danes and English at Oxford agreed to observe Edgar 's law , which was probably taken from chapter 13 of the Letter of 1019 – 20 , now preserved only in a York manuscript , although there may have been a Worcester copy too . |
| 16 | He was later taken to hospital , where he 's now under police guard . |
| 17 | The child was also taken to hospital but was later discharged . |
| 18 | Leanne was also taken to hospital , suffering from shock , but was later released into police custody . |
| 19 | Carriage and wagon examiner Dennis Harris , of Neasham Road , Middleton St George , was also taken to hospital . |
| 20 | Mr Byrne 's wife , Esther , was also taken to hospital suffering from shock after the accident at the junction of Weardale Road and North Road , Spennymoor . |
| 21 | Whether or not the speakers were employed at all was also taken into account , since employment will almost always involve fairly extended interaction with non-black individuals . |
| 22 | The decision was reportedly taken in response to the government 's current austerity programme . |
| 23 | ‘ I was even taken to hospital at one point thinking I had a hypo coming on , but then we realised that I was actually having panic attacks — a delayed reaction to losing my sight . |
| 24 | She was doing those fantastic leaps , her mind utterly taken with it , a joy to watch , and when Candace Rainford gripped Maggie 's arm she was quite taken by surprise . |
| 25 | He was then taken to hospital for observation . |
| 26 | If the wife 's contribution was adequately taken into account by the figure offered by the husband , her desire , however strong , to have a greatly increased lump sum to enable her to run a hotel would not be reasonable . |
| 27 | Like their Western counterparts , the Israeli government was evidently taken by surprise by the invasion of Kuwait and questions were raised later in the month as to why Mossad ( the country 's intelligence service ) had not known of Saddam 's intentions . |
| 28 | Conrad was accordingly taken to task for not reporting to Rome and was ( wrongly ) reproved for taking part in the assembly . |
| 29 | The heat of battle was however taken into account . |
| 30 | When he broke off in the middle of the sentence , she glanced up at him curiously and was completely taken by surprise when he pulled her into his arms and kissed her . |