Example sentences of "she took [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took on a black lad and because she did that she was ostracised from the rest of the community . |
| 2 | When he started school , she only had to look after him before school started and after it finished , so she took on a part-time job as a lunch-time playground supervisor at the same school . |
| 3 | Now she has moved on again — in late October she took up a new appointment in Rotherham . |
| 4 | Grinning , she took up a seductive pose and started to wriggle her hips for him , swirling round sensually and then slowly undoing the clasp at her back . |
| 5 | She took up a late cancellation for a holiday and photographed the leaning tower of Pisa ; in Florence sat drinking a cappuccino near the Piazza San Felice , thinking of those two English lovers , the Browning poets , who had lived there ; threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome , wondering if she would ever come back . |
| 6 | Then , from a shelf in the pantry , she took down a large covered dish , sniffed at the contents , and , smiling now on the child , said , ‘ Nothing much goes rotten in here . |
| 7 | Forcing herself to be patient , she took down a leather-bound copy of Grimms ' Fairy Tales and opened the pages . |
| 8 | From a drawer she took out a cardboard box , and laid it on the table . |
| 9 | The Captain had no sooner opened his mouth to say : ‘ Your husband is n't in … ? ’ than she took out a crumpled handkerchief and huge tears were rolling down her fat cheeks . |
| 10 | Suddenly she came alive and her hazel eyes lit up as she took out a large album from a walnut bureau . |
| 11 | Then , seeing Peggy 's lips pouting sulkily , she took out a further three pence . |