Example sentences of "she had taken [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before this admission she had taken no drugs . |
| 2 | Apart from the two social occasions when he had been with another girl , Liza had seen little of him , even though she had taken every opportunity to pass by the farmhouse where he was billeted . |
| 3 | She had taken a craving for the sight of green grass . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She had taken a delight in reproaching Edith at every opportunity . |
| 7 | Jackman has played Martin twice in the last eight months and lost both times , but Jackman was buoyed by the fact that she had taken a game off her on each occasion . |
| 8 | Her face had been just the same then — interested but inscrutable — and she had taken a fiver off all of them . |
| 9 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 10 | It was a distinct , physical feeling of sick panic , as if she had taken a step — and there was nothing there . |
| 11 | Things happen , he thought , and lay on the bed listening , but she had taken a magazine in with her and he fell asleep waiting . |
| 12 | She had taken a handful of downers with her whisky around 10 a.m. and had woken up in hospital . |
| 13 | He wondered whether she had taken a lover during the last five years . |
| 14 | She had taken a job in Manchester which bored her as much as she knew it would , but where she could settle down and get to know the people she was working with . |
| 15 | that at the time of the loss or damage he or she had taken a room at the inn ; and |
| 16 | She had taken an overdose 8 years previously . |
| 17 | She said she had not wanted to die but that she had taken the tablets to calm herself down in order to get some sleep . |
| 18 | She had taken the sign MEN from the Gents , and put it on her office door . |
| 19 | Giovanna , smiling as she left , said that the bambina had never stirred and she had taken the opportunity to do a pile of ironing . |
| 20 | Comfort had been in Paris for a fortnight , officially to sort out details of an exhibition of her paintings , and she had taken the opportunity to replenish her depleted wardrobe and see as many of her old friends as she could find . |
| 21 | She had taken the opportunity to read so much about the social work of the Army she felt she knew the history , background , areas of special need inside out in theory . |
| 22 | The masher 's intended victim was not quite so indecisive ; far from taking the opportunity to run off , leaving St George to fight the dragon on his own , she had taken the opportunity once her attacker 's attention had been diverted from her to remove her right shoe , and she now proceeded to attack him from the rear , pounding him first about the head and shoulders with the shoe , and then with her handbag shrieking , ‘ Take that , you cowardly bully , and that , ’ leaving him open to any attack Neil might care to make . |
| 23 | She was the daughter of an earl , well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil , and he had known her for as long as he could remember . |
| 24 | Her husband Richard , 33 , from Gosport , told Portsmouth Crown Court she had taken the money to repay debts . |
| 25 | She had taken the Shills ' two older children , a boy and a girl aged six and four , for a Christmas treat , along with her two grandchildren , had then gone shopping to enjoy the festive lights of Windsor . |
| 26 | Having asked that she should not be disturbed she had taken the overdose in her room . |
| 27 | Just over five minutes later she had taken the tablet and Felipe was pouring her a cup of tea , and Maggie looked at him in amusement . |
| 28 | Sanity returning , he ran after her , to find that she had taken the key out of the lock — and locked the door from the outside , against him . |
| 29 | He stood up when she came in and waited until she had taken the chair on the other side of the desk . |
| 30 | McLeish , warmed by the fact that she had taken the trouble to find out a bit about him , confirmed he had been at Reading University and had worked as a young sergeant in the Flying Squad . |