Example sentences of "she was take [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Dexter was still mulling over the scene in which Nicola pretended she was taking drugs .
2 Her life felt empty and meaningless and she was taking anti-depressants .
3 ‘ Those waters were not particularly dangerous — perhaps she was taking part in some way in the ‘ pacification ’ of the Highlands .
4 She had the oddest impression that she was taking part in a play , for which she knew neither her lines , nor the stage directions .
5 Her assistant breezed in with some figures she wanted , just as she was taking hold of the Palmer & Pearson file .
6 Zeinab announced that she was taking Owen to the theatre .
7 She was taking crates out of her car ; Flavia gave her a hand .
8 Peter Horbury , 55 , told Cardiff Crown Court : ‘ She was taking Daniel away .
9 The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter .
10 Susan stood among tree-cover and watched a woman go from window to window — she was taking Lori 's role .
11 It was n't only Simon she pushed over the edge : in that defiant , violent act she was taking revenge on all those people who had ever hurt her and made her feel worthless .
12 Celie finally stood up to Albert after Shug told him that she was taking Celie with her to Memphis .
13 Claudia trembled … she wanted him as much , but this was n't right ; Roman despised her , he thought she was taking Garry from his wife , and there was no way they could take this any further .
14 The South Korean justification to Jessup was that no one would be convicted , unless he or she was taking orders from a foreign power .
15 They said she was fond of visiting the countryside and coast and appealed for property owners to check outbuildings in case she was taking refuge from January 's cold weather .
16 She realised she was taking Miguel 's attention away from his patient .
17 She knew nothing of her condition ; the Colonel slipped the pills she had been prescribed into her hot drink at night , and she was unaware that she was taking medication .
18 I suspected she was taking lessons from Springsteen .
19 And the fact that she was taking time off with her dyke lover offered more flexibility , more opportunities for invention .
20 Maggie was going to a dance and she was taking Mona and Sheila .
21 We knew her and we also knew that she was taking food to a different set of prisoners ; they were beginning to scatter over an increasingly wide area as there was now no hope of an immediate Allied invasion of northern Italy , which was what everyone had hoped for .
22 I told you she was taking classes , did n't I ? ’
23 Just as she was taking soup from the tureen and pouring it into her soup-plate the Hulsbys passed her table .
24 Whatever the doctor had given her was taking effect .
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