Examples of 'were being taken' in a sentence

Meaning of "were being taken"

were being taken - This phrase is used to describe an ongoing action or process in the past. It indicates that someone was taking or collecting something at a specific time in the past

How to use "were being taken" in a sentence

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were being taken
Steps were being taken towards fulfilling this commitment.
He asked what measures were being taken in that regard.
Steps were being taken to improve facilities for women.
She wondered what steps were being taken to address it.
Steps were being taken to improve opportunities for advancement.
The portraits were being taken fast.
Steps were being taken to implement the principle of community policing.
The real decisions were being taken on board ship.
Register of foreigners whose fingerprints were being taken.
Various measures were being taken to overcome those difficulties.
I felt as though none of my complaints were being taken seriously.
Steps were being taken to return land to displaced people.
Because the central powers were being taken over.
Steps were being taken to upgrade hospitals and clinics.
No one knew why we were being taken away.

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Steps were being taken to eradicate such abuses in future.
He asked what specific measures were being taken in favour of children.
Measures were being taken to combat the increase in child labour.
Knowing that they were being taken away.
Steps were being taken to address the problem.
I saw you as you were being taken home.
Steps were being taken to promote its promulgation.
Yesterday when you were being taken to prison.
Steps were being taken to make education compulsory.
He wished to know what measures were being taken to that end.
The bodies were being taken from village to village.
She knew the pictures were being taken.
And that they were being taken to an execution chamber.
You knew the pictures were being taken.
Measures were being taken to combat that trend.
Important steps to that end were being taken.
Steps were being taken to rectify that situation.
Just wanted to make sure you were being taken care of.
Steps were being taken to remedy that situation.
Maybe she did not know where they were being taken.
And then prisoners were being taken out of commandos.
He provided no details of what measures were being taken.
I thought they were being taken together.
She declined to say where the metals were being taken.
He asked what measures were being taken to combat the phenomenon.
Such information was being followed up carefully and concrete measures were being taken.
He asked what steps were being taken to remedy the situation.
Deviations in the roadmap were being foreseen and corrective actions were being taken.
He asked what steps were being taken to achieve that objective.
Nothing unusual was seen at the time the photographs were being taken.
He wondered what measures were being taken to address the problem.
Steps were being taken to raise public awareness of gender issues.
He asked if measures were being taken to address that.
Steps were being taken to combat gender stereotypes through the media.
It was wrong to imagine that the decisions were being taken in a hurry.

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