Example sentences of "she [vb past] to take [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The minute she set eyes on him , she seemed to take leave of her senses — and he 's been playing up to her the whole time .
2 At the last moment she decided to take Sarah along , too .
3 She liked to take walks alone , and occasionally pretended she completely belonged in St James 's Park or Kensington and always had .
4 Lisabeth reluctantly agreed after I put her in charge of phoning the hospital for twice-daily reports , which was exactly the sort of thing she liked to take charge of .
5 But she had to take care .
6 Again there was little chance to recognize the effect this considerable list of bereavements was having on her as she continued to take tranquillizers and look after her young children , often singlehanded .
7 She wanted to take hold of him and throw herself recklessly into his arms .
8 The damp mark above her seemed to take shape .
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