Example sentences of "as [pron] took a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , I told myself as I took a service elevator up to the roof , I should not think in the past tense . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Almost exactly half an hour later , Rory was sitting cross-legged on Candy 's floor , grimacing as she took a sip of coffee . |
| 6 | John Coffin came in just as she took a sip . |
| 7 | As she took a mouthful of her coffee , her hands were shaking . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's roast suckling pig , ’ Guido told her as she took a mouthful . |
| 9 | No chance of persuading her father that Damian Flint was a rat and a snake , then , she thought as she took a taxi home . |
| 10 | Reluctantly she got up and her teeth chattered as she took a dressing gown from a hook behind the bedroom door . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I started the sport relatively late , but I 'm still improving , ’ he said as we took a breather at the end of a run through soft but stodgy powder ( he floated over it with extreme grace while I plunged head first into it like a deranged puppy ) . |
| 14 | ‘ How did you know he was waiting for us ? ’ asked Billie as they took a taxi into the centre of London . |
| 15 | Yet , all the same , as he took a mouthful of his brandy and reached across with his free hand to take hold of hers Lisa made no effort to extricate her fingers . |
| 16 | For the first time he smiled as he took a cigar from his case , laid it on the desk . |
| 17 | The Open champion 's engine room is his ability to keep the ball in play , but Seve Ballesteros 's spluttered and died as he took a six-over-par TEN at the 10th hole . |
| 18 | Mungo noticed Emily watching him as he took a pile of thick ham sandwiches and two enormous pickled onions . |
| 19 | The Warden had said , as he took a stick and pushed it firmly into its prepared hole , ‘ Cut a piece off a tree and you 've got another tree for free . ‘ |
| 20 | He disobeyed Baudelaire 's instruction to be partial , or obeyed it only in so far as he took a stand against conservative taste . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll be fine , ’ she added , as he took a step towards her . |
| 22 | Dale , 45 , who plays Jim Robinson in the Aussie soap , punched driver Damien De Pace in the face and stomach as he took a coachload of British tourists to watch filming in Ramsay Street . |
| 23 | The front page was taken up with the Leader 's activities : a photograph showed him pumping along a line of soldiers , his elbows thrust back , his chest puffed out , its outline blurred by hoary growth ; Doric-square , his famous chin jutted up and outwards , as he took a salute of volunteers for Africa at a little trot . |
| 24 | ‘ No need , ’ replied the DDI as he took a seat and waved Coy to the opposite side of the table . |