Example sentences of "she had taken a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She had taken a craving for the sight of green grass .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 She had taken a delight in reproaching Edith at every opportunity .
5 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 .
6 Her face had been just the same then — interested but inscrutable — and she had taken a fiver off all of them .
7 It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk .
8 It was a distinct , physical feeling of sick panic , as if she had taken a step — and there was nothing there .
9 Things happen , he thought , and lay on the bed listening , but she had taken a magazine in with her and he fell asleep waiting .
10 She had taken a handful of downers with her whisky around 10 a.m. and had woken up in hospital .
11 He wondered whether she had taken a lover during the last five years .
12 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 .
13 that at the time of the loss or damage he or she had taken a room at the inn ; and
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