Example sentences of "been take [adv prt] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nelson 's column unexpectedly has now been taken over by a large , bearded Welshman , called Davydd . |
| 2 | Struggling Second Division Wigan Athletic have been taken over by a London-based consortium . |
| 3 | Pointing upwards he indicated a large nest high in a pine tree and told us that it was the nest of a buzzard which had been taken over by a great grey owl . |
| 4 | Of course the company did n't pay any dividend , and has now been taken over by a firm making china and porcelain goods . |
| 5 | The work of fostering and supporting such groups has now been taken over by a national organization called Cope , which works closely with local social services departments and adult education departments to spread the approach across the country . |
| 6 | It had been taken over by a new contingent of tourists . |
| 7 | Perhaps the company has been taken over by a larger group which is not interested in building it tip . |
| 8 | The flower-plots represent the colour that could have been but have been taken over by a dull shade of moss . |
| 9 | Or rather the house in Mouncy Street had been taken over by a succession of dead bodies . |
| 10 | Has been taken over by a stagecoach . |
| 11 | The service also proved a modest success , and Branson began exploring the possibility of flying to Dublin , and to Miami , on a route which had not been taken up by a British carrier since the collapse of Laker . |
| 12 | This theme has also been taken up by a new Member who recently made a substantial contribution to the constitutional debate , Ian Duncan Smith , Member for Chingford . |
| 13 | The current status of computers and microcomputers in R&D , and the probable course of development in their use , is a more useful area of study and has been taken up by a group at Manchester Business School , UK ( Morse , 1984 ) . |