Example sentences of "took [pers pn] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the Physics which led him to Engineering , and the Engineering which took him as a National Serviceman to Germany and the experimental air fields . |
| 2 | Some took it as a great laugh ; others as a brave attempt to champion a little-known music ; and others just hated it . |
| 3 | He took it as a personal insult . |
| 4 | He took it as a personal reproach . |
| 5 | Foolishly , I took it as a good sign . |
| 6 | The trainers loved him and some , like Beamish , took it as a mortal insult when he failed to come in person to minister to their valuable charges . |