Example sentences of "as [art] [noun pl] take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | Trevor Magee stopped and looked up as the pigeons took off , anxious to avoid him as he made his way across Trafalgar Square . |
2 | Smarten up your act or we might just stop buying British , as the Europeans take over our high streets offering us fashions with a much better image , manufactured to a much higher standard . |
3 | The lack of progress in signing a Union Treaty was a severe blow to Gorbachev , who was increasingly isolated as the republics took over more powers . |
4 | Moses and Monotheism , the last book which Freud published , appeared after he arrived in London in the summer of 1938 , having left Vienna as the Nazis took over . |
5 | Mark turned , just as the dogs took off together in a huge leap which struck him in the chest , knocking him backwards into the boot where he sat , legs dangling , with both arms wrapped around the excited dogs . |