Example sentences of "she took a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Wexford ignored him and followed the widow to the sideboard from a drawer of which she took a long cream-coloured book .
2 But when she took a necessary short cut through the kitchen , she was n't at all surprised to find that the figure filling the doorway with a tray of drinks balanced in his hands was Tom .
3 Casting a despairing glance around at the stark walls of the interview-room in the police station , she took a deep unsteady breath .
4 She took a few deep breaths to calm her nerves .
5 She took a few deep breaths and told herself that she could handle him .
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