Example sentences of "she take [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In some cultures the mother proceeds to the status of a matriarch , when she takes on the authority of mother to the whole extended family or tribe .
2 Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom :
3 Why wo n't she take up the offer of just a fortnight 's short-stay ?
4 She took on the alias in a bid to avoid publicity when dealing with her solicitor Paul Butner .
5 With an unusual daring for a Tiller she took on the life of a Broadway dancer , the men flocked to her and she basked in their admiration .
6 But she 's not really complaining : Mozart launched her international career at the 1982 Aix Festival when at short notice , and at only 25 , she took on the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute .
7 She took up the pastime after impressing friends and family when she made an engagement cake for her brother-in-law .
8 She took up the basin , spilling muddy water on the floor .
9 Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave .
10 She took up the piano and , according to her headmistress Ruth Rudge , ‘ made phenomenal progress for someone who started late ’ ; and although she never made it into any of the school teams , she loved tennis .
11 In 1885 she took over the management of the embroidery section of Morris & Company , her father 's firm .
12 And she was to , she took over the Queen when she out of the country !
13 She took over the phone in a vain attempt to replace Dana , only to admit defeat late on Thursday evening when she was forced , reluctantly , to agree to Myra 's insistence that she wear the wedding gown herself .
14 But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research .
15 But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 .
16 She took over the serving of the tea and cakes and Jenna had the opportunity to study her surreptitiously .
17 When her brothers joined up in 1914 she took over the running of the Ferry assisted by some local boys who enjoyed the good food that Mrs Stevens provided .
18 Catherine has sung before — she took over the lead role in the West End musical 42nd Street as a teenager .
19 She took away the tray .
20 " It 's just a trick , really , it 's easy , " said Clara , and she took back the egg , and found that she could not put it together again either , so they decided to abandon it , and left it in little pieces in a glass dish on the mantelpiece with some dry and coloured gourds , and then they went downstairs and out into the park , and walked towards the bus stop , and Clara explained , lest the gourds and the egg should be thought to reflect in any way on herself , that they had been given to her by a friend the week before , to celebrate her twenty-second birthday .
21 She took out the photocopy and handed it over .
22 She took out the tin box of letters and carried it back with her into the kitchen .
23 When she took out the leather writing case , the child turned and cried , ‘ That 's Mama 's !
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