Example sentences of "[conj] she had taken a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 that at the time of the loss or damage he or she had taken a room at the inn ; and
2 Jackman has played Martin twice in the last eight months and lost both times , but Jackman was buoyed by the fact that she had taken a game off her on each occasion .
3 Her face had been just the same then — interested but inscrutable — and she had taken a fiver off all of them .
4 It was a distinct , physical feeling of sick panic , as if she had taken a step — and there was nothing there .
5 Things happen , he thought , and lay on the bed listening , but she had taken a magazine in with her and he fell asleep waiting .
6 It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk .
7 He wondered whether she had taken a lover during the last five years .
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