"take" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- One man was killed and another seven were taken captive.
- His wife and adult daughter were taken captive for about three weeks.
- She wanted to be taken captive in exchange for his being allowed to leave the country.
- Following the attack, she was taken captive, and held for several years before her release.
- They also say the three men taken captive were working within the legal limits set by the Congress.
- At its surrender only 11 men and 13 women were taken captive.
- More than four hundred thousand of their number had fallen or been taken captive.
- Several settlers were taken captive, and the town was burned in 1747.
- They would not find him so easy to take captive a second time, he vowed silently.
- A total of fifty-three women and children were taken captive.
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