Example sentences of "she took [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took a nervous mouthful from her glass . |
| 2 | She took a shuddering gasp of breath . |
| 3 | She took a firm grip on Rupert 's long golden tresses with her giant hand and then , by raising her muscular right arm , she lifted the helpless boy clean out of his chair and held him aloft . |
| 4 | She took a reviving sip of coffee before saying softly , ‘ Did you get any sleep ? ’ |
| 5 | She took a long drink of her tea and then continued , ‘ Anyway , she 'll go before long , never fear . ’ |
| 6 | Unused to spicy food , she took a long mouthful of the gin and tonic , which she could now no longer even taste , then very deliberately she finished the chicken wing and ate another one . |
| 7 | She took a long draw on her cigarette , looking at me curiously . |
| 8 | She took a perverse delight in denying his existence , in turning you against him . |
| 9 | She took a covert glance at his watch and discovered that , amazingly , it was nearly midnight . |
| 10 | He watched her as she took a small mouthful of the delicious moist sponge . |
| 11 | Before she got out , she took a small bottle of Gordon 's gin from her huge red plastic handbag and sprinkled most of it over her neckline and cleavage . |
| 12 | Despite her pique about his refusal to discuss the will , she took a certain pride in showing him her brother 's room . |
| 13 | She took a sidelong look at Edith to see whether this was going down well . |
| 14 | She took a great fancy to me , used to buy me presents . |
| 15 | She took a great deal of satisfaction in seeing the pompous old ass upset . |
| 16 | She took a great interest in the Factota scheme , and helped the other two to make out a rough draft of the ‘ handbill ’ that Mr Dare had suggested . |
| 17 | She took a great interest in the kitchen garden too , and calculated with pleasure how many greengages and damsons they would have , how many cherries and pears and strawberries . |
| 18 | And forced as she was by circumstances to bring her own dirty and vicious brood to work with her , she took a great pleasure in letting them loose on the two youngest Milligans , deliberately ignoring their torments and teases . |
| 19 | She took a deep breath for courage . |
| 20 | Emily was being handed down to stand before the light-filled doorway of the Assembly Rooms and she took a deep breath of anticipation , this was her night , the night she was to be accepted as an adult and she would make the most of it . |
| 21 | She took a deep breath of the cold air outside and hurried across the road . |
| 22 | She took a deep breath before storming angrily at Doreen , ‘ I do n't have to listen to this sort of talk from you . |
| 23 | She took a deep sniff of it . |
| 24 | About this time a new librarian , Suzy Chaplin , arrived at our school and she took a keen interest in anything the students were doing . |
| 25 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
| 26 | She took a dull sense of relief from the fact that she need not see Ven Gajdusek again . |
| 27 | The story of Karen and her brown envelope began in 1972 when she took a new job at a nuclear factory in Oklahoma . |
| 28 | Hurriedly she took a fresh grip on Adam and pulled him round the side of a broken column , out of sight . |
| 29 | She grimaced at the pain and , putting on a spurt , she took a careful hold of Ana 's arm and stopped her . |
| 30 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |