Example sentences of "she had taken a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing he was in the right , that she had taken a stupid risk , only made things worse . |
| 2 | Approximately 100 people then took part in the business meeting when our President , Lady Braithwaite , opened the proceedings with many congratulations to the Society on the previous eventful year in which she had taken a deep interest . |
| 3 | If she had taken a tougher line with them at once , they would have known where to stop . |
| 4 | She had taken a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance , she realized now , waiting for him to open the door . |
| 5 | I knew she had taken a fine dose . |
| 6 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |