Example sentences of "as [pron] take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this looks at first to be quite incomprehensible , it is actually quite a friendly little creature and most willing to assist you with either your work or play , as long as you take a short amount of time to learn a few basic commands . |
| 2 | Read about Julia Roberts as she takes a deep draw on the cigarette in her right hand' . |
| 3 | He watched her as she took a small mouthful of the delicious moist sponge . |
| 4 | Peter put out a hand and gripped Sarella by the shoulder as she took an involuntary pace forward . |
| 5 | ‘ May I give you a hand ? ’ her companion offered , as she took an unsteady step forward . |
| 6 | We found the nest with two brown spotted eggs , and the pair hovered overhead as we took a quick look , giving me a chance to photograph them against the blue Arctic sky . |
| 7 | It dawned on me last season , as we took a first-minute lead over Carlton Town West Saxons , that perhaps it was Fate that plucked pink , 544 , from the hat . |
| 8 | We will see some instances of this fascinating phenomenon in the following sections , as we take a brief look at applications of mathematics and computing to the study of museum collections and the wider spheres of archaeology and prehistory . |
| 9 | Sitting at breakfast on the verandah of Bombay 's Sun'n'Sand hotel , some while after reading Philip Callahan 's Tuning in to Nature , I found myself quietly observing a highway of tiny , high speed ants as they took a specific path to and from their nest under the edge of the patio , gathering up enticing goodies from further down the flowerbed . |
| 10 | The friends laughed and squealed with delight as they took a short boat trip to see the crocodiles and hippos that live on the lake . |
| 11 | Then I flinched as they took a threatening step towards me . |
| 12 | As they take a mad look at the madness , a curious sanity emerges through the laughter . |
| 13 | It is not fair to expect your local delicatessen to do it for you as it takes a long time to slice the whole ham and Parma must be cut thinly . |
| 14 | Therefore , as it takes a considerable amount of time to scan the tapes looking for rarely occurring variants , we have selected one particular variable of this kind , which we call meat/mate , and have studied this quantitatively outside the main projects in a different way . |
| 15 | His shoulders rose as he took a deep breath like a diver about to plunge . |
| 16 | Travis 's chest expanded as he took a deep breath . |
| 17 | The policeman frantically lit another cigarette , then leant back , his eyes closed as he took a deep lungful of tobacco smoke . |
| 18 | JOHN MAJOR was dubbed ‘ the Eddie Eagle of politics ’ yesterday as he took a massive fall in the Commons . |
| 19 | He was walking back from a Didcot Pub , when a gang set upon him as he took a short cut across a railway footbridge . |
| 20 | Although how the two of us sharing a bed is going to make the twins more happy and contented is quite beyond me , ’ she muttered grimly , adding quickly as he took a threatening step towards her , ‘ OK — OK , I 'll go along with this mad charade . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's a relief , ’ he replied drolly , but there was amusement in his eyes , she was glad to note , and as he took an easy-chair opposite he requested , ‘ Please do . ’ |
| 22 | As he took an eager gulp from his glass , he decided that Hank ought to tell his mother what he had been doing . |