Example sentences of "taking her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to be taking her continued help for granted now — issuing his orders . |
| 2 | For modesty 's sake she got out of her clothes and into her night clothes , and , taking her black dress with her , she left her room , crossed the sitting-room , and hung her dress in the spacious wardrobes in the lobby . |
| 3 | On the day she took her overdose , Pamela had been taking her end-of-term examination in Biology and English , but thought that she had done very badly . |
| 4 | Paul Cole 's grey , who has won in Ireland , Italy , Germany and Canada , had a neck to spare when taking her second Vodafone Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday . |
| 5 | Over a period of about eighteen months , her father hit her mother to such an extent that she went into a Battered Wives Home five times , taking her two daughters with her each time . |
| 6 | Most of us would agree that it 's useful to stay calm and think ahead , but few of us are as well organised as Caroline Lamb , who makes a point of taking her seven-week-old baby , Ben , out every day to visit friends , the clinic or shops . |
| 7 | Soon after a story started going round that Mrs Sugar was still taking her usual walk out on Saturday evenings . |
| 8 | Soon after a story started going round that Mrs Sugar was still taking her usual walk out on Saturday evenings . |
| 9 | It was probably that prediction which persuaded Diana to call in Penny after taking her first overdose . |
| 10 | HOLLYWOOD beauty Michelle Pfeiffer is taking her first holiday in TEN years . |
| 11 | He had sat opposite her , watching her while she ate , making an extravagant moue of distaste when she suggested that he share it , but staring at her with a concentrated , almost angry , satisfaction ; rather , she thought , as a mother might watch a convalescent child taking her first mouthful . |
| 12 | Jan , who starred as an actress in theatre and musical comedy before taking her first casting job with Prisoner : C Block H , smiles when asked how she approaches star spotting . |
| 13 | I also visited the Sadlers Wells Ballet , sitting up in the gallery with friends for one shilling and sixpence in old money and watching the Corps open up before us like the flowers whose waltz they were dancing , and that talented new ballerina Miss Margot Fonteyn taking her first curtain calls . |
| 14 | LEARNER-driver Jackie Richards , 39 , of Gloucester , is taking her first lesson — a 900-mile trip from John O'Groats to Land 's End for charity . |
| 15 | She hopped all the way home , arms wide and waving as if she was taking her first lesson in tightrope walking . |
| 16 | She felt her knees begin to buckle , but his strength held her to him — taking her fevered body into his embrace , heaping fire on fire until she was crying for him in a voice unlike her own . |
| 17 | The silver dawn was turning into plain old daylight now , its magic fading and taking her momentary confidence with it . |
| 18 | Two weeks ago a mother was seriously hurt in a crash while taking her three children to school on the A167 at Ferryhill . |
| 19 | It 's all right — they are still alive , ’ he said quickly , taking her limp hands within his own warm fingers , ‘ but they 're both in Intensive Care in a hospital and no one seems sure if they 'll be able to pull through . |
| 20 | He killed Lily to save her the pain of taking her own life , he had told police . |
| 21 | ‘ Now , how can I be of help to you ? ’ she said , taking her own seat behind the barrier of the desk . |
| 22 | Flavia taking her own line said boldly , ‘ I would like to talk about you . ’ |