Example sentences of "took [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these were the real ‘ professionals ’ who , at certain times in the war , took over either as commanders appointed by the crown or as leaders of groups of freelance soldiers who could ignore royal orders and get away with it . |
| 2 | Initially Foucault argues that the stasis of what he calls the ‘ Classical Order ’ gave way to ‘ History ’ — which took over both as the form of knowledge and as the fundamental mode of being for empirical phenomena . |
| 3 | Joe Darby , who took over recently as chief executive , admitted that LASMO was disappointed by the 1992 results which included a pre-tax loss of £261 million after exceptional items compared , with profits of £7 million in 1991 . |
| 4 | No wonder the tractor took over almost as soon as it was invented . |
| 5 | We had trips in those days that took as long as three months which not many people would undertake now . |
| 6 | After school , she took as long as she could dawdling back . |
| 7 | But this mink sometimes took as long as two hours to catch one . |
| 8 | If a solicitor took as long as forty hours over it . |
| 9 | But , despite her hunger , she took as long as possible over the simple meal , desperately trying to stave off the moment when they would have nothing to do except talk or sleep . |
| 10 | Each item takes between 30 and 40 minutes to complete now , but took as long as one hour during her training period . |