Example sentences of "were take [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Preston was aware that the twins were taking in all this with wonder and admiration , and as the Punk drew level with their seat , Daniel remarked in a reverent but not hushed tone :
2 As Marian and Allen were taking in this scene one of the attackers slipped to one side and sidled around the tree towards the Friar 's unprotected flank .
3 All did not go against the Key Company , however ; prisoners were taken at some of the incidents , some carrying vital information .
4 In some cases decisions were taken with little regard for voluntary interests .
5 They were taken to that glade to be murdered .
6 However , the so-called ‘ loner ’ would become very agitated if the other horses were taken to another paddock , and he would try to follow them .
7 We did not go up in the same lift , but were taken to another one , apparently for the use of directors only .
8 We were taken to this orphanage kind of place , separated , and put into little rooms .
9 Visual mean values of UOS pressure were taken for each two second interval from 10 seconds before the onset of the common cavity episode until one second before the first swallow after the common cavity episode , or the onset of the first secondary oesophageal peristaltic wave ( Fig 3 ) .
10 That 's right , although the examination results were taken for each cohort .
11 That 's right , although the examination results were taken for each cohort .
12 Index biopsy specimens were taken during this colonoscopic examination as described above for the polyp group .
13 Controls during the colonial period varied considerably , but in most European colonies , including those in West Africa , measures of varying degrees of harshness were taken against those indigenous , privately owned papers which were considered troublesome .
14 Two singles were taken from that album , Deep Deep Trouble and Do The Bart Man , which reached No 1 in the charts .
15 Since the colonic tissue was to be analysed by x ray diffraction for another study , BrdUrd could not be used in all animals as we had not established that the label had no effect on x ray scatter , therefore similar segments of colon to those described above were taken from all 40 rats and the DNA content of the epithelium analysed by flow cytometry .
16 In the Survival Study , a random , stratified sample of 520 compounds was selected and blood samples were taken from all the children living in these compounds at baseline and at the end of the trial .
17 Lifetime histories of alcohol consumption and smoking were taken from each patient with a reproducible structured interview technique that used key life events ( for example , job changes , marriage , childbirth ) to help patients remember .
18 Endoscopic biopsies ( N:2 ) were taken from each of the following sites ; the mid-greater curve of the body , the greater curve in the antrum at least 2 cm from the pylorus and from the duodenal bulb .
19 Although the words were his the images were taken from those things Kraal and Minch had told him about that distant place .
20 These questions appeared in pairs of parallel tests , both of which were taken by some pupils with an interval of about two months between testings .
21 Those Lines on the Lada were taken by some as less than kind to the Bank Car Scheme .
22 Apparently his chances were not helped by his photograph , where his dark and dashing looks were taken by some for Jewish .
23 A sun bed , curtains , carpet and electrical goods were taken in another burglary from a house in New Row , Middleton St George .
24 Several steps were taken in this respect : .
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