Example sentences of "was taken [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Quite apart from this impulsive folly , there was another reason for Leopold to be anxious : Wolfgang had written that on being turfed out of the archbishop 's lodgings he had taken refuge with his friends the Webers , who had left Munich for Vienna in 1779 when Aloysia was taken on at the German opera .
2 Yes , and then that approach was taken on through the Greater York study , and in the greenbelt local plan , and the Greater York study identified a number of sites .
3 Rhos Quarry closed in 1953 — a godsend to Evan 's health as well as his career — and after working briefly in the forestry plantations he was taken on as the first National Nature Reserve Warden of the newly-formed Nature Conservancy Council .
4 James offered his services to the Chester Beatty in 1969 and was taken on in the Islamic section .
5 About a dozen mental patients going through rehabilitation in Aylesbury have been working on the boat which was taken on by the Dandelion Trust .
6 Hopeful Bid looked as if he would win easily but was taken on by the Clive Brittain-trained Braveboy inside the final furlong .
7 Part of his spare time was taken up with the marching band of the university , but much of it was given to boisterous evenings drinking and singing with his companion — always with a view to winning the girls ' eyes and hearts .
8 When it was taken up with the Headmaster he said that the boy 's name was not on the roll , they did not know of him .
9 A larger room was taken up with the endless daily washing that miners ' wives were obliged to do .
10 A vast bulk of political time was taken up with the importunacy of subjects : petitions for an office or a wardship or a lease of Crown land ; begging letters for pensions ; suits for a pardon ; requests for the Crown 's help in a law-case .
11 Much of the previous chapter was taken up with the question of what kind of economy is emerging in the UK .
12 The the erm a great deal of time at that enquiry was taken up with the alternative sites proposed by the Council erm and their suitability in relation to the .
13 The latter part of the Heath Government was taken up with the enforcement of its incomes policies and when the miners , having defeated the government in 1972 , challenged again in late 1973 , the government resisted while trying to find a formula for concession .
14 Now Easter was taken up with the sort of playing in the streets virtually .
15 The front page was taken up with the Leader 's activities : a photograph showed him pumping along a line of soldiers , his elbows thrust back , his chest puffed out , its outline blurred by hoary growth ; Doric-square , his famous chin jutted up and outwards , as he took a salute of volunteers for Africa at a little trot .
16 The remainder of the afternoon was taken up with the routine matters of the Branch , the only Bank on the Island , and in discussions with Peter and the three ladies on the staff .
17 The morning was taken up with the Townhead Cup , a stroke play competition resulting in a close fought battle between Eddie Docherty and Andrew Beattie .
18 Last year , the initiative for an open day for justice in the Cour d'Appel in Paris was taken up with the Lord Chancellor 's Department .
19 And so it was that Luch was taken up to the castle for the second time .
20 This resolution was taken up through the United Nations , and the declaration of 1968 as the ‘ International Year of Human Rights ’ provided the impetus to take up the question of human rights in armed conflicts .
21 Even the inheritance of acquired characters was taken up as the centrepiece for a self-consciously anti-Darwinian movement known as ‘ neo-Lamarckism ’ .
22 Its supporting declaration called for the creation of " independent organs of struggle based on the factories " , and this was taken up at the Workers Charter Convention held in Bermondsey on 12 April 1931 .
23 And when it is burnt in large amounts , then the CO 2 that was taken up in the ancient world over a period of , say , a million years , may be released into the modern world in just a few years .
24 This notion was taken up in the model proposed by Pearce and Hall ( 1980 ) ( and developed by Hall and Pearce ( 1982 ) , and by Pearce , Kaye , and Hall ( 1982 ) ) , which was presented originally as an account of classical conditioning .
25 This coupling of social insurance with a safety net of means-tested benefits was taken up in the Beveridge Plan which settled the framework of the welfare state after the Second World War ( Beveridge , 1942 ) .
26 The theory of women 's arrested development was taken up in the debate over women 's inferior mental ability .
27 Their campaign was taken up in the Commons by backbencher Michael Stephen .
28 After a year or so the rope was taken up from the lower floors and wound on to a cleat on the top storey .
29 The same has turned out to be true of show-jumping , a little-known landed pursuit before it was taken up by the BBC as a sport which might appeal to women , especially when Pat Smythe rode Flanagan to four European Championship victories between 1957 and 1963 .
30 This theatrical cry was taken up by the assembled Franks and Romans , and all present , including the pope , prostrated themselves before Charles in the ancient manner reserved for Emperor of Rome .
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