Example sentences of "taking her time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had walked down through suburban Summertown , taking her time but without reluctance ; watching the tidiness of the shoppers and the smartness of the shops with something akin to smugness - how little energy and vitality they had , compared to her own shopping street , with its untidy market atmosphere permeating even the Safeways and Boots which had tried to raise their modern , never-had-it-so-good façades in challenge to the poverty and squalor , and had failed . |
| 2 | But she is taking her time . |
| 3 | Matron began her examination , taking her time . |
| 4 | She looked Asian , the only Asian on the check-out that day , and she was taking her time as she was still learning her way around . |
| 5 | Mrs Phelps looked along the shelves , taking her time . |
| 6 | In the privacy of her bedroom she grimaced in the direction of the voice and made her way downstairs , taking her time , not caring if he went grey in the process of waiting for her . |
| 7 | She is taking her time . |
| 8 | She stood up and walked over to the arch that separated the two rooms , taking her time to search the room for Mike . |
| 9 | She did not reply at once , taking her time to empty the water from the snowdrop jar , then she glanced to where Doreen already occupied the front seat of the minibus . |