Example sentences of "was take [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , things began to take a downward turn in 1923/4 ; and Young Buffalo was taking to the firewater . |
| 2 | In this way he was taking from the Crown a ‘ forced ’ and interest-free loan . |
| 3 | The Secretary of State went on to say that he was concerned that the letter from Grand Metropolitan Estates tried to imply that the orders had forced the company into the action it was taking against the tenant . |
| 4 | The regime is tightening and she had been warned that they might no longer put up with her outspokenness and propaganda ; her friends thought that she would be safer somewhere close to the French border , but she was taking against the place . |
| 5 | The most notable capture was that of Caen which fell at the end of July , and which , according to the chronicler Froissart , was the source of much material gain which was taken down the river Orne to the coast for shipment back to England . |
| 6 | A further step was taken towards the normalization of Vietnamese-US relations on Oct. 17 when Vietnam 's Foreign Minister , Nguyen Co Thach , visited Washington for talks with Gen. John Vessey , President Bush 's special envoy dealing with US servicemen missing in action ( MIA ) in Indo-China . |
| 7 | However , it might be possible for me to detect and summon the ship if I was taken above the atmosphere . |
| 8 | Every 10 minutes , three images of the gall bladder were taken and the mean of the three measurements was taken as the response at this time point . |
| 9 | p<0.05 was taken as the level of significance . |
| 10 | It is not clear why the age of 65 was taken as the cut-off point for these screening programmes . |
| 11 | The productivity index , for this purpose , was taken as the company income divided by the personnel strength of the company . |
| 12 | The height of the first peak in the autocorrelation function was taken as the autocorrelation score for that histogram . |
| 13 | Outcomes for the children and young people were analysed according to the legal route which was taken as the basis for the child 's admission into care . |
| 14 | In seven cases the three research psychiatrists could not agree unanimously on the primary diagnosis ; in these cases the majority opinion ( 2:1 ) was taken as the research diagnosis . |
| 15 | This statistic was used in conjunction with a bidimensional weighted index where [ a ] was taken as the point most distant from the vernacular , and scores assigned for variants on the dimensions both of height and backness . |
| 16 | It seemed that people thought it was about kinky sex ; at best it was taken as the onset of senility . |
| 17 | No single country was taken as the model in implementing change . |
| 18 | That one incident was taken as the moment when the predicted breakdown in law and order , the full-blown crisis in industrial relations , had arrived . |
| 19 | Fowler was taken into the kitchen and given a chair to one side of the cooking range while Jordan sat opposite him . |
| 20 | In 1293 , however , the liberty of Trim was taken into the king 's hands , following a dispute over a case of imprisonment . |
| 21 | The cloth was pulled back and a large casket was taken into the church . |
| 22 | Her father 's coffin was escorted to the church by gamekeepers and esatet workers and was taken into the church precisely at 10 a.m . |
| 23 | This effect would be avoided if the responsibility for these expenditures was taken into the budget , and the necessary taxation was raised to cover them . |
| 24 | Then in August a big fish was taken into the net : Dr Ba Maw , the late Premier . |
| 25 | So I left her alone , locking the door behind me , and did not see her again ( she developed bronchitis , was taken into the cottage hospital and died soon afterwards ) . |
| 26 | The boy was taken into the operating theatre just before ten and Annette went home , the surgeon having promised to telephone her as soon as it was all over . |
| 27 | He was taken into the centre 's new laundry and presented with a bowl and washing powder ! |
| 28 | After his father 's death he was taken into the house of a rich Christian lady of liberal sympathies — for Origen too liberal since she had a Gnostic chaplain . |
| 29 | Peggy could n't understand this at all , but when the police-sergeant was taken into the house it was explained . |
| 30 | ‘ The goose for the high table was taken into the dining room for carving , together with the vegetables , ’ he explained . |