Example sentences of "she take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | On the other hand , her workload is not reduced , as she takes a greater number of smaller prey . |
2 | Read about Julia Roberts as she takes a deep draw on the cigarette in her right hand' . |
3 | She takes a deep breath , but does n't use it . |
4 | She takes a deep drag and goes on . |
5 | An individual 's attitude to the question of the political context in which the legal system operates will depend on whether he or she takes a supportive attitude to the political status quo or wishes to challenge it . |
6 | Like the Prince , she takes a great deal of exercise , and frequently leaves the people who escort her on visits around the country struggling to keep up . |
7 | After the first three days she takes a purificatory bath , and then is given a complete mini-bridal trousseau by her father or , in his absence , her brother . |
8 | She takes a good photograph though . |
9 | she takes a good photograph . |
10 | She takes a short cut down Avondale Road , and passes the five-bedroom detached house of Vic Wilcox without a glance , for she does not know him from Adam , and the house is outwardly no different from any of the other modern executive dwellings in this exclusive residential district : red brick and white paint , ‘ Georgian ’ windows , a tarmac drive and double garage , a burglar alarm prominently displayed on the front elevation . ) |
11 | She takes a left turn at random and finds herself in an area of derelict buildings , burned out and boarded up , the site , she realizes , of the previous year 's rioting . |
12 | In fact , she takes a wicked delight in setting me up as she explains the album title . |
13 | Her ‘ tubular ’ voice production has the merit of keeping the voice steady , and it sometimes rivets attention , especially when she takes a high note with an especially clean attack as she does in the love music of Act 1 . |
14 | She takes a hard look at the way women present their bodies , their image and how this is dominated by notions of contemporary beauty . |
15 | She took a resolute breath and manoeuvred the jeep behind a low sports car . |
16 | She took a nervous mouthful from her glass . |
17 | She took a shuddering gasp of breath . |
18 | She took a shuddering breath . |
19 | She took a firm grip on Rupert 's long golden tresses with her giant hand and then , by raising her muscular right arm , she lifted the helpless boy clean out of his chair and held him aloft . |
20 | She took a reviving sip of coffee before saying softly , ‘ Did you get any sleep ? ’ |
21 | She took a long drink of her tea and then continued , ‘ Anyway , she 'll go before long , never fear . ’ |
22 | Unused to spicy food , she took a long mouthful of the gin and tonic , which she could now no longer even taste , then very deliberately she finished the chicken wing and ate another one . |
23 | She took a long time to dress . |
24 | There was a lot to look at , so she took a long time coming back after school , stopping to watch the men mending holes in the roads , to watch the demolition team with their mighty metal ball swinging on its chain from the crane clearing the bomb-site , to watch carpenters erecting wooden hoardings around the cleared sites to keep the people out , to see bill-stickers on ladders pasting huge coloured pictures on to the hoardings . |
25 | And she took a long time to answer it . |
26 | She took a long draw on her cigarette , looking at me curiously . |
27 | She took a perverse delight in denying his existence , in turning you against him . |
28 | Bitterly resigned to the betrothal , she took a fiendish revenge . |
29 | She took a covert glance at his watch and discovered that , amazingly , it was nearly midnight . |
30 | He watched her as she took a small mouthful of the delicious moist sponge . |