Example sentences of "were take [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Volunteers present at the two events were taken through a questionnaire on the day of the study , followed by a shorter questionnaire a week later ( by phone or post ) and four weeks later ( by post ) . |
2 | If donations were taken at a service , they were left at the door either on the way in or on the way out . |
3 | Three subjects were taken at A level and they were usually taken as packages of closely related studies : physics , chemistry , and mathematics ; French , German , and English ; history , geography , and economics . |
4 | Each field started with 95 cells and images were taken at a rate of 12 frames per hour . |
5 | Transmission electron micrographs were taken with a Joel JEM100CX microscope at magnifications ranging from 10,000 to 50,000 . |
6 | She went on record to reassure parents that no children were taken with a revenge motive . |
7 | Patricia Holding , from Durham County Council , told the court more than 30 drums of hazardous paint stripper were taken to a dump at Heighington Lane , Newton Aycliffe . |
8 | All four were taken to a hotel to go through the agonising ordeal of kissing goodbye to the baby they had thought was theirs . |
9 | After a few days , we were taken to a camp for women and children north of Perpignan , where there was food and shelter , although not enough of either . |
10 | They were taken to a room with walls of glass , overlooked by a central console with nurses in attendance . |
11 | The others continued to Sydney , where they were taken to an internment camp at Hay , three miles up the railway on the Murrumbidgee river . |
12 | Blackpool Council were impressed with the smooth running and high speeds , when they were taken for a trial run on July 1st in 1898 . |
13 | And at the end of the session we were taken for a tow round the harbour . |
14 | A black and white television and cash were taken during a burglary at a bedsit in Corporation Road on Saturday . |
15 | In 14 of the latter , the spaces between sections were too large or the thoracic examinations were taken without a lung window , and 3 non-seminoma patients had no thoracic diagnostic CT . |
16 | Broadly speaking the responses were taken as a reaffirmation of the existing partnership at two levels — between the Council and institutions , and between subject boards and academic staff : ‘ the mechanisms proposed in the paper for modifying the partnership had clearly been rejected ’ , but the rejection of the proposals did not mean that the matter could there rest . |
17 | The men were taken into a tent and allowed to look at a group of objects for a short period after which they had to recall every detail they had observed . |
18 | A few minutes ' drive and we were taken into a building . |
19 | The 11 in-calf cross-cows , mostly a red-brown colour , were taken from a shed between the 1 and 10 March . |
20 | Although the categorisation of information from referral letters is somewhat arbitrary , the study has the advantage that the items which the two groups of doctors were asked to assess were taken from a sample of actual letters . |
21 | These 20 patients were taken from a total of 32 diagnosed during the same period ; 12 patients were excluded because of poor compliance with the diet ( seven cases ) or denied consent to the protocol ( five cases ) . |
22 | Initial ozone concentrations were taken from a mid-December climatology . |
23 | The mechanicals were taken from a race car , the Dino 206P , which competed in the European hillclimb championship ( a prestigious series in the 60s ) but the bodywork , despite its motor show boldness , previewed a road car application . |
24 | A month later , during investigations made by 5 Corps after the repatriations were over ( see Chapter Eleven ) , statements were taken from a number of officers in the Durham Light Infantry and 46 Recce Regiment , describing what they had seen at the time . |
25 | Two lawnmowers worth £120 were taken from a garage in Abbey Road , Darlington , on Friday . |
26 | Wheel trims worth £60 were taken from a Ford Cortina in Corporation Road , Darlington , on Saturday . |
27 | All specimens in these control patients were taken from a site at least 5 cm from any macroscopic abnormality , and adjacent mucosal specimens , which were normal on histological examination were obtained in all . |
28 | Recently , all the seed heads of the surviving colonies of pasque flowers were taken from a nature reserve . |
29 | Three children 's bikes , worth £75 and a skateboard valued at £90 were taken from a garden on Proudfoot Drive , Bishop Auckland , on Saturday . |
30 | Figures 2 and 3 were taken from a series of images from a man ( Fig 2 ) and women ( Fig 3 ) volunteer . |