1.   After a bit she became used to being stared at, even taking it as a compliment.

2.   All the large houses have been pulled down, or taken over as nursing homes.

3.   At the same time, the commission is looking for some one to take over as chief librarian on an acting basis.

4.   Auguste would take it as a reflection on his honour if they were not, despite the unseasonable time of year.

5.   But these pronouncements should not be taken as the fount of all wisdom.

6.   But this can not be taken as carteblanche for assuming that long-term recorded crime trends correspond to victimization.

7.   But when she heard such things, Privet took it as a compliment.

8.   Even a small favorable comment from the boss is usually taken as a royal Decree by the personnel department.

9.   Every hermeneutic approach takes them as the alpha of understanding but not all make them also the omega.