Sentence examples for takes a line from inspiring English sources

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McKeon takes a line from James Salter's Light Years as her epigraph: "You know, you only have one friend like that; there can't be two".

In between takes, a line of men is suffered by director Margaret Williams to walk across her set and return with a ticket each.

Presumably "No!" English Heritage, meanwhile, takes a line common to many respondents: that the job is too demanding for non-specialists, which is at least a reasonable premise for debate.

The fourth volume of "Mercy of a Rude Stream" actually takes a line from rabbinic literature as an epigraph: "Not thine the labour to complete, / And yet thou art not free to cease!" Roth stands at the intersection of the American and the Jewish more fully than the more famous, and more assimilated, Jewish writers of a later generation.

On the Bush connections with the Saudis, for instance, Moore takes a line similar to that of Craig Ungar in his recent book, "House of Bush, House of Saud," but Ungar cites his sources in footnotes, and you can check up on him if you want to.

For his personal motto he takes a line from Goethe's Faust: "Born to see; meant to look".

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Paul Klee famously talked of taking a line for a walk.

Take a line for a walk, as Paul Klee said.

If blank journals intimidate you, "Take a Line for a Walk" instead.

I took a line drive and broke my elbow and was back in three weeks.

Buehrle (8-7) took a line drive off his right (nonthrowing) wrist, but was not seriously injured.

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