Example sentences of "[vb past] she [vb mod] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dana took her time in following her sister , and Claudia imagined she would take full advantage of her sister 's absence . |
| 2 | ‘ I never dreamed she would take it like that , ’ whispered Mrs Alderley in a shocked tone . |
| 3 | I waited in the road I knew she must take . |
| 4 | Faithful to him , even if they would have to be apart sometimes , as he 'd be faithful to her , although he knew she 'd take more than a little convincing about that . |
| 5 | At first she thought she might take Leo into her confidence . |
| 6 | She thought she would take the statement tomorrow or the next day , when he was out of hospital . |
| 7 | If Felipe thought she would take the husband off his hands while he amused himself with Candace he was very much mistaken ! |
| 8 | But that only happened sometimes and when it did she would take out her account book and force herself to concentrate on its columns till the dangerous exhilaration had gone . |
| 9 | Lynsey quickly remembered her fictitious ‘ dinner engagement ’ and said she would take her own car and follow him . |
| 10 | Angela Cartwright , as chairman of the local Party , explained the procedure for calling a Special General Meeting if Grunte was to be de-selected , and the meeting adjourned after Carole Swan said she would take soundings among members of the Party after the conference . |
| 11 | The plaintiff said she would take the risk of an accident happening . |
| 12 | ‘ Mrs Bradford said she 'd take you back , ’ Maggie reminded her . |
| 13 | I 'll have to go down there on a Saturday , my mum said she 'd take me down there . |
| 14 | The first thing was to find a school for you three — for six months you had had no teaching , except what I could give you , and then kind Miss Budden , the headmistress at Auckland House school , Simla , said she could take you if I could come too and help her nurse about twenty children down with measles in the san. , because Matron was coping with some children with suspected diphtheria in another block . |
| 15 | She wished she could take him back with her . |
| 16 | She wished she could take her son and Maisie 's children , and go from this place . |
| 17 | A little fat nun had once cried in the heat of Egypt 's afternoon , in the accents of County Cork , that she wished she could take off her flesh and sit by the well in her bones . |
| 18 | Celia wished she could take back the words . |
| 19 | He had the worry and responsibility of his sister on his shoulders , and she wished she could take him in her arms and comfort him . |
| 20 | She supposed she 'd take over that duty , which possibly would make her unpopular back in the lab . |
| 21 | Mrs Ivory became unsettled and talked of returning home but her husband , a 39-year-old unemployed surveyor , never suspected she would take Chatchai . |