Example sentences of "she had take a " in BNC.

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1 She had to take a walk down a short corridor from the main hallway , go down a few steps to the kitchen .
2 She had to take a class in ten minutes .
3 And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test .
4 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 .
5 It was a distinct , physical feeling of sick panic , as if she had taken a step — and there was nothing there .
6 It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 She had taken a handful of downers with her whisky around 10 a.m. and had woken up in hospital .
10 She had been horrified at the botch Ruth made of it and Ruth had begun to wish that she had taken a few of Hester 's proffered lessons .
11 She had taken a craving for the sight of green grass .
12 that at the time of the loss or damage he or she had taken a room at the inn ; and
13 She had taken a delight in reproaching Edith at every opportunity .
14 He wondered whether she had taken a lover during the last five years .
15 I knew she had taken a fine dose .
16 The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched .
17 Her face had been just the same then — interested but inscrutable — and she had taken a fiver off all of them .
18 She had taken a very few steps when she heard someone running up behind her .
19 She had taken a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance , she realized now , waiting for him to open the door .
20 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 .
21 If she had taken a tougher line with them at once , they would have known where to stop .
22 Knowing he was in the right , that she had taken a stupid risk , only made things worse .
23 Things happen , he thought , and lay on the bed listening , but she had taken a magazine in with her and he fell asleep waiting .
24 Approximately 100 people then took part in the business meeting when our President , Lady Braithwaite , opened the proceedings with many congratulations to the Society on the previous eventful year in which she had taken a deep interest .
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