Example sentences of "[conj] she took [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is in good form and hoping to break the 10-hour barrier today , having already done so in the European Ironman in August , where she took an individual bronze and a team gold medal . |
| 2 | He gave her a look of such hatred that she took an involuntary step backwards . |
| 3 | There was a lot to look at , so she took a long time coming back after school , stopping to watch the men mending holes in the roads , to watch the demolition team with their mighty metal ball swinging on its chain from the crane clearing the bomb-site , to watch carpenters erecting wooden hoardings around the cleared sites to keep the people out , to see bill-stickers on ladders pasting huge coloured pictures on to the hoardings . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I passed the pack and she took a small gold lighter from her purse . |
| 6 | About this time a new librarian , Suzy Chaplin , arrived at our school and she took a keen interest in anything the students were doing . |
| 7 | Someone passed her a fresh joint and she took a deep drag , feeling the smoke burn her throat . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Dane 's arms tightened about her , as though he could feel the pain she was suffering , and she took a deep , unsteady breath . |
| 10 | The air smelled clean and fresh after the smoky little hut , and she took a deep breath , feeling her spirits lift . |
| 11 | He sat back in his seat , his knowing eyes never leaving her , and she took a deep breath , desperately trying to steady the sudden rush of adrenalin charging round her body . |
| 12 | He stepped out of her way and she took a deep breath as she ran to the door and slammed it shut behind her . |
| 13 | And she took a long time to answer it . |
| 14 | Jack , for God 's sake — ’ Her voice cracked and she took a steadying breath . |
| 15 | Yes … ! ’ and felt him strip , the feel of his hair-roughened skin against hers driving her wild because now he was so real , so completely real , and so completely hers as they moved together naked , and she took the physical desire he expressed for her and pretended it was love , because it was the deepest display of emotion he had ever shown her . |
| 16 | And if she took a sudden dislike to a client , or observed one member behaving badly to another , her command , ‘ Out , cunt ! ’ , sent them packing . |
| 17 | The two doors were next to each other — would he notice if she took the wrong one ? |
| 18 | He glanced towards Rain but she took the lofty view that bribing security men was not her concern . |
| 19 | Julia did n't care a sod about that kid , she 'd let her to scream on , stand in the middle of the garden screaming , indoors screaming and she said to me I have no feelings for her whatsoever but she took the bloody money every week and this is what 's so wrong , nobody knows how she er was as that child , only people like us who would hear |
| 20 | She died because she took a short cut across waste ground even though she knew that the murderer was at large in that area . |
| 21 | But when she took a necessary short cut through the kitchen , she was n't at all surprised to find that the figure filling the doorway with a tray of drinks balanced in his hands was Tom . |
| 22 | His mother died , then his wife , out with the local hunt , when she took a bad fall . |
| 23 | The same symptom recurred a year later when she took the oral contraceptive pill . |
| 24 | I could understand how she felt ; I realized that anyone who convinced herself that , when she took the holy biscuit she was uniting herself with God , would find it easy to convince herself that in death she would be united with her daughter . |
| 25 | In particular , during the discrimination trials , the children ‘ dutifully ’ followed the example set by the model , even when she took an indirect route to the boxes , which more than doubled the distance to be travelled and ‘ was clearly incompatible with the subjects ’ eagerness to get to the containers ' . |
| 26 | He watched her as she took a small mouthful of the delicious moist sponge . |
| 27 | ‘ Are you sure she wo n't mind a total stranger calling on her ? ’ asked Melissa doubtfully as she took the proffered piece of paper . |
| 28 | ‘ So have you , ’ said Julia as she took the proffered glass . |
| 29 | ‘ Are we eating out or in tonight ? ’ she asked as she took the sopping sponge from his hand and squeezed it murderously into the sink . |
| 30 | Granny 's visits to Bowes Road would always be very much appreciated by her little granddaughter Doris , if only because of the teatime treats which would attend such occasions ; as she took the old lady upstairs to dispose of her coat , Doris would whisper : ‘ We 've got blackcurrant pie today because you 're here ; we only ever have it when you come … ’ . |