Example sentences of "as [pers pn] take [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I take a step forward I say not to worry , I am not police . |
| 2 | As I take the bread and the wine , I am saying , I affirm my trust in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for me . |
| 3 | But , I told myself as I took a service elevator up to the roof , I should not think in the past tense . |
| 4 | As I took a pace or two to my right , starting to run towards that taint dull promise of escape , a vision distantly revealed itself . |
| 5 | So I was mentally on my toes as I took a floater into the city and then left it , mingling with all the pedestrians thronging the walkways . |
| 6 | Her scent reached me as I took the hand gently into mine and looked down at her . |
| 7 | As I took the trouble to explain earlier , you ca n't do that . |
| 8 | It demon-strates the lengths to which a sensible person , as I took the excavator to be , was prepared to go to fit into a standard accepted hypothesis sealed by a great tradition . |
| 9 | I sighed as I took an apple from the bowl on the window sill . |
| 10 | Also , as you take a wave try to avoid sheeting out since you lose valuable power . |
| 11 | There 's a lorry loaded up with a lot of engines , and it goes off dropping them off and as it as you take an engine so N is the number of engines taken off . |
| 12 | As you take the carriage to the right , so the patterning band at the back goes to the right with it . |
| 13 | Now , as you take the carriage across , the yarn is looped over the selected needles on the back bed , while being knitted on every needle on the front bed . |
| 14 | Perhaps it is as you travel to work , or as you take the dog out for a walk , or as you walk on the Downs , or when you have that quiet morning cup of coffee . |
| 15 | On the street , the roof of your car may be at just the right height for you to rest your elbows as you take the shot , and there are all sorts of other items of street furniture such as lamp-posts which can serve as props . |
| 16 | In the video ‘ Perfect X ’ K Dieroff balances precariously between ideals of beauty and self-mutilation as she takes a knife to her nose accompanied by a barrage of adjectives distilled from women 's magazines . |
| 17 | Bracken Cottage on a spring evening was a pleasant place , but celebrating alone was a contradiction in terms , she decided , as she took a sip of wine and looked without interest at the food on her plate . |
| 18 | Almost exactly half an hour later , Rory was sitting cross-legged on Candy 's floor , grimacing as she took a sip of coffee . |
| 19 | John Coffin came in just as she took a sip . |
| 20 | As she took a mouthful of her coffee , her hands were shaking . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's roast suckling pig , ’ Guido told her as she took a mouthful . |
| 22 | No chance of persuading her father that Damian Flint was a rat and a snake , then , she thought as she took a taxi home . |
| 23 | Reluctantly she got up and her teeth chattered as she took a dressing gown from a hook behind the bedroom door . |
| 24 | Fiona shuddered , her voice almost a squeal as she took a series of sudden , deep in-rushing breaths , and buried her head in the hollow between Lachlan Watt 's shoulder and neck . |
| 25 | She could feel Jackie watching her as she took a step forward , but she resisted the temptation to glance back , thrusting herself away from him , one step after another , angrily trying to justify her uncharacteristic behaviour and telling herself that she had no need to justify it . |
| 26 | But she managed a composed smile as she took the phone . |
| 27 | In February Aquino became the first President of the Philippines to appear in court as she took the stand as a witness in support of her libel case against a newspaper columnist , Luis Beltran . |
| 28 | ‘ Any news about who did in that poor lady that you found , Mrs Craig ? ’ she asked as she took the money . |
| 29 | She grabbed the receiver while Nina stood up , anticipating trouble , and watching Rachel as she took the call . |
| 30 | He followed Mary as she took the flocks out of the village . |