Example sentences of "she [vb past] taken a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd taken a shine to Tom Rudge whom she now knew to be an apprentice fitter , as was Cyril , his mate . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Once she 'd taken a room in a village where the bus just happened to stop . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Once , she 'd taken a hammer to the headlamp of his motorcycle . |
| 7 | She 'd taken a liking to Silvia and had no wish to betray her and get her into trouble with her quarrelsome cousin . |
| 8 | She had taken a craving for the sight of green grass . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She had taken a delight in reproaching Edith at every opportunity . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Her face had been just the same then — interested but inscrutable — and she had taken a fiver off all of them . |
| 14 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 15 | It was a distinct , physical feeling of sick panic , as if she had taken a step — and there was nothing there . |
| 16 | Things happen , he thought , and lay on the bed listening , but she had taken a magazine in with her and he fell asleep waiting . |
| 17 | She had taken a handful of downers with her whisky around 10 a.m. and had woken up in hospital . |
| 18 | He wondered whether she had taken a lover during the last five years . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | that at the time of the loss or damage he or she had taken a room at the inn ; and |