Example sentences of "he [was/were] taken [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was taken prisoner in Italy and tried to escape , I understand . |
| 2 | Whilst the stipend supported him and his growing family , he probably never resided there but served as a chaplain in the Royal Army ; in this capacity he was taken prisoner in 1645 in an attack on Cardigan Castle in Wales . |
| 3 | The intended beneficiary of this dynastic coup was Osred ( II ) , the son of King Alhred by Osgifu , Aelfwald 's sister , a youth of no more than 19 at the time , who reigned for a year but then fell a victim to further shifts of allegiance when in 789 he was taken prisoner , deprived of his kingdom , tonsured at York and expelled , and Aethelred , son of Aethelwald , resumed royal power ( ASC D , s.a. 788 , 789 ) . |
| 4 | He was taken prisoner by the Germans during the retreat to Dunkirk , but with his fluent French and German and determined initiative he was able to escape three times . |
| 5 | JUST BEFORE he was taken hostage , Terry Waite had promised to come to the laying of the foundation stone of the North East Cheshire Hospice , in Macclesfield . |
| 6 | PRINCE Charles kept a low profile during an official visit yesterday when he was taken 20ft underground into a sewer . |