Example sentences of "was taken [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | However , it might be possible for me to detect and summon the ship if I was taken above the atmosphere . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | p<0.05 was taken as the level of significance . |
| 6 | It is not clear why the age of 65 was taken as the cut-off point for these screening programmes . |
| 7 | The productivity index , for this purpose , was taken as the company income divided by the personnel strength of the company . |
| 8 | The height of the first peak in the autocorrelation function was taken as the autocorrelation score for that histogram . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It seemed that people thought it was about kinky sex ; at best it was taken as the onset of senility . |
| 13 | No single country was taken as the model in implementing change . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Eventually he was taken into the West Sussex hospital and when Mr Smith visited him , he asked for some chlorodyne . |
| 16 | Fowler was taken into the kitchen and given a chair to one side of the cooking range while Jordan sat opposite him . |
| 17 | In 1293 , however , the liberty of Trim was taken into the king 's hands , following a dispute over a case of imprisonment . |
| 18 | The cloth was pulled back and a large casket was taken into the church . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Then in August a big fish was taken into the net : Dr Ba Maw , the late Premier . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He was taken into the centre 's new laundry and presented with a bowl and washing powder ! |
| 25 | Above : King Arthur defeated the giant Ritho on Snowdon ; when Arthur died his sword Excalibur was taken into the depths of Llyn Llydaw by the Lady of the Lake |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Peggy could n't understand this at all , but when the police-sergeant was taken into the house it was explained . |
| 28 | ‘ The goose for the high table was taken into the dining room for carving , together with the vegetables , ’ he explained . |
| 29 | It was taken into the Gilgamesh series from an older work the Atrakhasis Epic ( see " Other Creation Accounts " ) . |
| 30 | Her father 's biographer , Dr J.H. Clarke , mentioned the Bishop as an ancestor and added : ‘ The name Compton was taken about the year 1770 , on the marriage of James 's grandfather with a Miss Compton of Hampshire , a lady of large fortune , at whose desire the addition was made . ’ |