Sentence examples for takes as a from inspiring English sources

So he takes, as a wife, a peasant girl, Griselda.

Drivers on Wilshire Boulevard are doing double takes as a wall keeps changing its image.

He further resolves his conflicts about class consciousness when he takes as a lover Alec Scudder, a gamekeeper.

The article takes as a given that the government has "decided that charitable giving is a worthy cause".

Any flaws in the terrazzo stars that surround the bronze plaques, Mr. Peterson takes as a personal attack.

A consultant, he's often told he's overqualified for permanent jobs, which he takes as a euphemism for being too old.

The second describes a moment in Patagonia, which Lanzmann takes as a cue for the affirmation of life itself.

But how did evolution (which Pagel not uncontroversially takes as a survival competition for genes) permit co-operation to flourish?

The project was part of an experiment by the New Youth City Learning Network, which takes as a premise that most children already exist in a digital world.

We see a cob of corn appear to fill with blood in Turner's hands, which he takes as a sign to attack.

If you weren't talented, I suggest, you'd just be a jerk, which he takes as a rebuke to his self-congratulation.