Example sentences of "took [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Hunt took as high seriousness , I took as a typical Lauda sideswipe , the fox laughing at the huntsman . |
| 2 | But when Millie , from her seat , lifted her arm and waved to them , they looked at each other , giggled , then all waved back , which Millie took as a good omen and Rose Quinton took as a sign of comparative peace . |
| 3 | This remarkable event , as unlikely as a Papal Bull encouraging polyandry , we took for a good omen . |
| 4 | Silhouetted against the grey sky , on the top , was a figure Roland at first took for a seated monarch by Henry Moore , enthroned and crowned . |
| 5 | To tell the truth I have only hazy memories of the magazine that I took for a long time and until it ceased publication for reasons that were beyond me . |
| 6 | He took off the hired robe and lay down naked on the bench . |
| 7 | She took off the outer layer of her clothes , hesitated for just a moment , and then peeled off her underwear . |
| 8 | A passing warship , the Humber took off the four-man crew , then towed the cruiser into Liverpool for repairs . |
| 9 | I took off the stupid visor and placed it behind the conifer . |
| 10 | Here he took off the pendulous wig , wiped his face on the yellowing lace handkerchief dripping out of the over-ornate and antique jacket and revealed himself as a young man . |
| 11 | She took off the snazzy shades she had taken from the preacherman they 'd jump-rammed this morning , and passed them back to Andrew Jean . |
| 12 | Mystified , I took off the small velvet beret I was wearing and , miraculously , the vast hall was quiet , and I learned that the chant had been Cha-peau ! |
| 13 | I found that my Winsor & Newton Art Masking Fluid took off the original wash when rubbed away , leaving white paper . |
| 14 | Here , taking a milk measure from a marble slab , she bent over a big brown earthenware jar , took off the wooden lid , dipped in the measure and scooped up some clean water , which she handed to the child , saying , ‘ Drink that . ’ |
| 15 | He took off the phoney glasses and tweed hat and threw them to one side . |
| 16 | Pike took off the peaked cap and tucked it inside his overall which he then zipped up tight to the neck . |
| 17 | She took off the voluminous apron Cook had lent her and went in search of her charge . |
| 18 | He took off the heavy overcoat he was wearing and laid it across the top of the filing cabinet . |
| 19 | When he felt brave enough he took off the old pullover and the tracksuit pants that he 'd been sleeping in and started to dress . |
| 20 | I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky . |
| 21 | Fewer flyers took after the cold killer , von Richthofen , than after Boelcke and Navarre , who both hated killing and aimed whenever possible for the engine instead of the pilot . |
| 22 | The baronetcy was a reward for acts of loyalty or oppression , depending upon which view you took of a small rebellion in the 1720s . |
| 23 | ‘ Final details are still to be agreed , but I took along the usual samples of your work and it looks as though she 'll want to incorporate feature tiles and maybe also a patterned frieze . ’ |
| 24 | Mary handed over her parcel of food and treats which Kitty took with a happy nod , grateful for the saving kindness . |
| 25 | It should not be despised , Bombay talkies , any more than Mizoguchi despised the melodrama he took from the Kabuki theatre . |
| 26 | Marx also took from the classical economists the idea that rates of profit are bound to fall in the long term . |
| 27 | Basic to it is a distinction , which he took from the English philosopher John Stuart Mill ( 1806–73 ) , between ‘ natural science ’ and ‘ moral science ’ , which he rendered in German as Naturwissenschaft and Geisteswissenschaft respectively . |
| 28 | The second prejudice against dissection was held by religious people who took in a literal sense the resurrection of the body , and had an emotional commitment to this doctrine , even if intellect told them that an incomplete body could be no bar to the miracle of rising from the grave with the sounding of the last trump . |
| 29 | Travis took in a deep breath . |
| 30 | He took in a long breath , held it and squeezed the handle of the cutters . |