Sentence examples for was of taking from inspiring English sources

Her last memory was of taking a run in Riverside Park, near her apartment, the day that she went missing.

One of John Fowles's adolescent fantasies, we learn in Eileen Warburton's biography, was of taking a woman captive and holding her until she fell in love with him.

The immediate talk from assistant trainer Richard Hannon junior was of taking on longer races than this challenge over a mile, and of going for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - if not this season, then next, when she's expected to stay in training.

The experience of an Occupy general assembly, working by the "community microphone" of many voices, was of taking responsibility for speaking.

"I was thinking of taking it myself".

Others have been accused of taking bribes.

That's part of taking a gamble.

"I'm afraid of taking the metro.

Be careful of taking naps.

However, be wary of taking too much.

I was sort of taken aback.