take as an example
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So take, as an example, the operation that was mounted in 2011 to take down Bin Laden.
From Slate • Jul. 14, 2016
A Specimen from Anglo-Saxon.—Let us take as an example a verse from the Anglo-Saxon version of one of the Gospels.
From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
Yet he was a man "whom purchasers might take as an example How to be wise in buying of their victual."
From The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems by Dudeney, Henry Ernest
We will, to explain our views, take as an example, the familiar instance of the sun and earth.
From Thoughts on a Revelation by Jerram, S. J. (Samuel John)
We may take as an example the First Part of Henry VI., a feeble piece, to which Shakespeare probably contributed touches throughout, and perhaps one or two complete scenes.
From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil
