Example sentences of "she [vb past] take [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't fathom why she 'd taken such exception to Eleanor . |
| 2 | She 'd taken some clothes , though scarcely enough , even for three days . |
| 3 | We invited Debbie to join us but she 'd had an invitation from a girlfriend to spend Christmas in Norway and she decided to take that invitation up . |
| 4 | After a few minutes she decided to take another two tables and then continued taking two at a time until she had swallowed about 30 . |
| 5 | By the time she dared take another look — this time squinting through almost closed eyes — the star 's appearance had completely changed . |
| 6 | right , she did take that book with her , did n't she ? |
| 7 | She paused to take another sip of wine , conscious of Rune 's unremitting interest in her recital . |
| 8 | She had to take all the money in his wallet , she explained , because her ‘ business manager ’ would beat her up if she did n't turn in the profits . |
| 9 | She had to take all her clothes off and wear just the chiffon tunic with the white satin ribbons criss-crossed between her breasts ( which , she observed with interest , seemed to have grown and the nipples to have got rather darker . ) |
| 10 | While we were bad off she had to take that job , my eldest daughter . |
| 11 | JANE O'NEILL WITNESSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT , AND WAS SO SHOCKED THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS OFF WORK . |
| 12 | She had to take another look . |
| 13 | ‘ She had to take some things over to the hospital for Adam . ’ |
| 14 | She had taken that step ; and now she , at only 36 years of age , had to bring up her children alone , and help them in their turn to make that large and difficult step . |
| 15 | She had taken that whisky bottle from a nearby table and brought it down with as much strength as she could muster on Duvall 's head . |
| 16 | I do not make any award for the sums claimed from disposable income for her employment during the said , the alleged year off , since I 'm not satisfied she would have had a year off , or would have had any disposable income even if she had taken that year . |
| 17 | Before Nicola Hammond had gone for her walk with Gunter Schmidt , she had taken all the money in her wallet and lined her bra with it . |
| 18 | Nora 's virtual command , reinforced by her petulant departure , had no bearing — except that she had taken all the pleasure out of it for him . |
| 19 | Up to the darkroom to begin at once the pictures she had taken this afternoon . |
| 20 | She was unconscious because she had taken some sleeping pills . |
| 21 | At last , after another million years persuading David she would be all right when she had taken some aspirin , she was alone , in her own flat . |
| 22 | She cursed herself for stating the obvious , wished she had taken more note of where they had brought her . |
| 23 | She started with the bones — good thing she had taken those anatomy courses — and laid on muscle , flesh and skin . |
| 24 | She wanted to take that thick neck of his and press her fingernails , long and freshly varnished for Urquhart 's benefit , deep into the flesh until the cocky smirk on his face was replaced by a grimace of pain . |