Example sentences of "[subord] she [vb mod] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where she must take comfort , he insisted , was in the doctor 's assurance that there was no reason why she should not conceive again . |
| 2 | she did show me that and then she 's got it like straps on it where she can take it off but er oh she |
| 3 | Some supporters of her National Opposition Coalition , known as U N O cheered dutifully , others booed her announcement that although she would take over as Minister of Defence , General Ortega was staying on . |
| 4 | Demi , above , bought the rights to Patricia Cornwall 's book , Cruel And Unusual , so she could take the role of Dr Kay Scarpetta . |
| 5 | She lowered the window by the leather tab and clicked the lip into the groove of the embrasure to hold it down so she could take some photographs ; several boys climbing over the fence on the railway banks hooted at the sight of her camera and posed , arms akimbo , pretence starlets . |
| 6 | I hold it out to her so she can take lOp , and she takes the lot . |
| 7 | I think she 's going to give up work soon so she can take it easy . |
| 8 | But the women were still there when she looked again ; twenty or thirty of them , in various states of undress — although none , she was relieved to notice once she could take things in , was actually naked . |
| 9 | The new Lady Woodleigh looked as if she might take her riding-crop to him if he so much as uttered another word . |
| 10 | Bodo asked the waitress if she would take the romantic lead in a film he claimed to be making and when she had gone , said , ‘ I do n't think so , but you never know , do you ? |
| 11 | Jackie was asked if she would take a Thoroughbred mare who had been abandoned in a field and give her a home as a brood mare — but part of the deal was that she also took the pony who had been left with her . |
| 12 | I asked her if she 'd take him . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But I 'd be the better pleased if she 'd take on and be the mistress ! ’ |
| 14 | If she will take you , you will be set down in a bare heath , on a great stone , which is made of granite and is the gate to your adventure , though it will seem to have been fixed and unmoving since the making of the world . |
| 15 | After Mr Kennedy had been taken back to their villa by his wife , Shelley entered the details of the case into a file , and wondered if she need take any further action . |
| 16 | The old girl should do her duty and send me a postcard if she can take the time off from her toy-boys . |
| 17 | We 're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen , illustrated by Helen Oxenbury ( Walker Books , £9.95 ) Winner of the Smarties Award 1989 After one reading , Rosa gave this large format , handsome book her highest accolade ; she briskly wrote her name in the front and asked if she could take it to school ‘ to show Olga ’ , her favourite teacher . |
| 18 | I was really glad to be going out with Mary instead of Mum ; I do n't think Mary had ever asked if she could take me with her before . |
| 19 | Mrs Mawdsley then asked administration manager Dave McCreary if she could take two weeks ' annual leave and a week 's unpaid leave to go on holiday . |
| 20 | A letter was received from Mrs. Hogan of Brighton asking if she could take over a sixteen-year-old blind boy , Arthur B. Her own son had died the previous year at the same age , and she said that she would ‘ do her best to make the lad happy , and find him light work in Brighton ’ . |
| 21 | Breeze was rather glad of the excuse to go out without Susan , because she could take this opportunity of returning Roger Kenyon 's wallet . |
| 22 | She did n't know whether she should take his penis into her mouth , and did n't like to ask him . |
| 23 | She wondered then , since Ven was proving so elusive , whether she should take the opportunity on what she estimated would be just under a hundred-mile drive to Prague to get in there with some of Cara 's questions . |
| 24 | She 'd have to be very hard-up before she would take a man like him . |
| 25 | He was smiling to himself — some private joke — and it made her anger rise swiftly , but he went on before she could take him to task . |
| 26 | She heard a noise , but , before she could take any evasive action , a cycle came spinning round the corner and the sharp eyes of the girl who had been cleaning the farm were on her intently . |
| 27 | Before she could take in any more of the scene , a short , red-faced man bustled out from an office to her left and planted himself squarely in front of her . |
| 28 | Luke was on his feet and in front of her before she could take a step towards the doors . |
| 29 | And each third Sunday of the month was the evening that she detested , when she must take the political studies lecture for Camp 3 , Zone I. It was her duty , Yuri had said . |
| 30 | Though she would take jolly good care not to let it happen again . |