Example sentences of "as [pers pn] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will certainly seem so to the Englishman ( as I take him to be ) , who found in the ‘ Envoi ’ to Hugh Selwyn Mauberley — Pound 's most explicit farewell to England , as he prepared to leave her in 1918 — ‘ externality : an externality which , considering what Mauberley attempts , is utterly disabling ’ . |
| 2 | The subtitle contains , as I take it , a deliberate ambiguity , for most of the book is concerned with managing in the sense of coping , but in the last chapter Penzias dilates on how technologically based organisations should be run . |
| 3 | As I take them off I give them names , the names of people and the names of things . |
| 4 | If that view is correct , as I take it to be , then the non-use of gas is one area in which the laws-of-war approach on the one hand , and the deterrence approach on the other , may have complemented each other . |
| 5 | If I get married I will definitely give prostitutes up as I take marriage seriously and think it would be very insulting to a woman . |
| 6 | I 'm not needed here until this Aldhelm has played his part and pointed the finger at your Tutilo , as I take it you 're certain he will before the night 's out . |
| 7 | I can get about a bit , I 'm not er hobbling as much , as l as long as I take my time I 'm not too bad . |
| 8 | Twenty-three years in the business has all been the build-up for this , as I take on my most challenging role ever — bloody prompter ! ’ |
| 9 | As I take my seat , Lil rushes in , with an apologetic nod . |
| 10 | As I take a step forward I say not to worry , I am not police . |
| 11 | As I take the bread and the wine , I am saying , I affirm my trust in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for me . |
| 12 | As I take this bread and drink this wine , I am affirming to men , and to angels and to demons , that I believe Jesus Christ died for me , and I identify myself with him in his sacrifice for me . |
| 13 | It is an excellent book , as I took care to point out , except for my few niggles . |
| 14 | As I took my place with two jamjars in my first Saturday morning kids matinee queue , apprehensive lest the currency had been devalued or even replaced with money , I observed that not only were Royals the heroes in the films but that my choice of cinema was between the Queens and the Royal , and I was warned that before the performance you were supposed to stand for the pianist 's rendition of ‘ God Save the King ’ . |
| 15 | As I took in the traffic thundering by beneath me and relived in my mind my alarming experience , my trepidation returned . |
| 16 | He warned MacLachlan , who recorded : ‘ Just as I took my place in the circle I saw four more Messerschmitts coming down out of the sun . |
| 17 | ‘ I felt that as soon as I took over Gary had it in his mind that he was n't looking to play for England beyond the two years which took him up to the European Championships , ’ he said . |
| 18 | As I took my seat it dawned on me . |
| 19 | They gave a huge yell as I took off . |
| 20 | It demon-strates the lengths to which a sensible person , as I took the excavator to be , was prepared to go to fit into a standard accepted hypothesis sealed by a great tradition . |
| 21 | She seemed more beautiful than ever , and her manner to me was very pleasant , as I took her to the house in London where Miss Havisham had arranged for her to stay . |
| 22 | As I took the trouble to explain earlier , you ca n't do that . |
| 23 | So I was mentally on my toes as I took a floater into the city and then left it , mingling with all the pedestrians thronging the walkways . |
| 24 | ‘ Thought you 'd backed out , ’ he muttered as I took off my damp coat . |
| 25 | As I took my place in the darkened centre stage for the opening of the first act , and the lights slowly came up , I saw a sight which I 've never seen before , a sight which chilled me to the marrow and froze me to the spot . |
| 26 | As I took a pace or two to my right , starting to run towards that taint dull promise of escape , a vision distantly revealed itself . |
| 27 | But , I told myself as I took a service elevator up to the roof , I should not think in the past tense . |
| 28 | Her scent reached me as I took the hand gently into mine and looked down at her . |
| 29 | It was difficult to see what she was offering at first but as I took them from her I saw they were credit cards , an Access and a Visa , both made out in the name of Mrs J. A. Scamp . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not answering these questions any more , ’ I said to him as I took my plate to the sink . |