Example sentences of "took it at " in BNC.

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1 He thought she had shown moderate suicidal intent in taking the overdose , particularly because she took it at night when unlikely to be discovered and repeated the act on waking in the morning .
2 Bournemouth chairman Norman Hayward said : ‘ When Harry told us he was finished with football , we took it at face value . ’
3 The rhetoric of the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere still talked of Japanese altruism , but few took it at face value .
4 Alec took it at first for a whale .
5 Gerry Fitzgerald , the Belfast Telegraph 's award-winning photographer , took it at a day out by the National Canine Defence League at Ballymena .
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