Example sentences of "she [verb] take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wife was told that the only asset available to her was the matrimonial home and she agreed to take a lump sum of £12,600 with £2,473 maintenance for the two children . |
| 2 | She tried to take a step , but the suit would n't respond to her commands . |
| 3 | She has to take a taxi everywhere . |
| 4 | All right , he is very busy , one could understand a degree of impatience ; but this girl is in a bad way , she has taken a knife to her room , she sees blood before her eyes . |
| 5 | Now listen answer the question I asked you , answer the question I asked you , she has taken a lot of drugs in the past , not Prozac . |
| 6 | On this occasion she is at a posh party , where she has taken a glass of champagne , but only ‘ to be sociable ’ — a motive which in anyone else would have driven Patrick to contemplate another of the umpteen blows he feels like unleashing — when the novelist unleashes one of his phonological jokes , which play on vagaries of pronunciation . |
| 7 | She 'd taken a shine to Tom Rudge whom she now knew to be an apprentice fitter , as was Cyril , his mate . |
| 8 | But I have a gem of a nun who 's a wizard with a needle , and after she 'd taken a tuck in the waist and put two inches on the hem , they looked almost tailor-made . ’ |
| 9 | The cast and crew of The Viking had been filming on location and , finding herself for once with little to do , she 'd taken a break to watch the great Dane Jacobsen in action . |
| 10 | Once she 'd taken a room in a village where the bus just happened to stop . |
| 11 | Though she was wishing that , after all , she 'd taken a seat , for she suspected he was rather enjoying letting her stew in her own juice . |
| 12 | Once , she 'd taken a hammer to the headlamp of his motorcycle . |
| 13 | She 'd taken a liking to Silvia and had no wish to betray her and get her into trouble with her quarrelsome cousin . |
| 14 | She seemed to take a fancy to a green patch further into the field and began to amble slowly towards it . |
| 15 | Yet , when she was asked by the coroner to step into the witness-box , she seemed to take a grip on herself , drawing on some inner strength . |
| 16 | But the results were good ; people praised her cooking lavishly , and she began to take a pride in doing it well . |
| 17 | She decided to take a look at the harbour . |
| 18 | Instead , she decided to take a look at the old church — mellow golden Cotswold stone , skirted by crazy-angled tombstones . |
| 19 | Rather than go straight on to drama college , she decided to take a year out to travel . |
| 20 | She decided to take a train to Arles , idly wondering whether there was any trace of Van Gogh left . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not panting to get married just yet but marriage is probably the best state to be in , ’ she tells Take A Break magazine . |
| 22 | she likes plenty , you know , and er , she did take a course on baby minding and she passed everything like , she could baby mind |
| 23 | She paused to take a sip of coffee . |
| 24 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 25 | She had to take a class in ten minutes . |
| 26 | She had to take a walk down a short corridor from the main hallway , go down a few steps to the kitchen . |
| 27 | She had taken a craving for the sight of green grass . |
| 28 | She had taken a tablet of the drug — one of a group of amphetamine-based substances — on a visit to the Hacienda club in Manchester in July . |
| 29 | She wished she had taken a chance and kept Angel , for there was no lessening of the pain that parting with her had caused , and no comfort to be found in Newcastle Place . |
| 30 | She had taken a delight in reproaching Edith at every opportunity . |