Example sentences of "[vb past] take it [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Even to him it was now barely imaginable , and other eagles he mentioned it to seemed to take it as a lie and untruth , and were angry at him for trying to delude them .
2 The ancient servitor , who drove with a slack rein and a sublime disregard of the pot-holes , seemed to take it as a personal affront that Miss Kyte had kept him waiting for more than two hours .
3 So you 've got the right idea of dividing it by eight , but you needed to take it on a stage and see what the was .
4 The others decided to take it as a signal , and along with Paul and Agnes jumped out of their armchairs and hurried to their cars .
5 Although it is not a mountain tent I did take it on a high camp with a family group .
6 ‘ Someone had taken it to a French jeweller after the war and tried to sell it .
7 He had carried the gold on his back in many journeys , and had taken it to a cave on the north-east corner of the island , two months before the Hispaniola arrived .
8 Beth had invoked the help of God or Jesus Christ and I had taken it like a lamb .
9 Rose was the second generation in it , and she had taken it from a back street operation to a small , high class chain .
10 In the end I had to take it to a skid pan to see how far it would go before it eventually lost its cool The answer was as far as its steering lock would allow .
11 Yanto Gates was not given to quick decisions or mad impulses , but the girl in reality matched his dreams of her so perfectly that he had to take it as a sign .
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