Example sentences of "take her a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plain or not , Fabia reckoned it would take her a fortnight to learn to say it . |
| 2 | Perhaps you 'd take her a cup of tea in the visitors ’ room . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you could take her a lump of coal in yer cart , Katie ? ’ he suggested . |
| 4 | I know I must finish clearing up the lawn , but , before doing so , I decide to telephone Auntie to come over on her bike even though I know it will take her an hour to get here from Hambledown . |
| 5 | It took her a while to understand what I wanted and where I wanted to go . |
| 6 | Her head throbbed and there were stupid tears in her eyes ; so it took her a while to realize that it was the shell Adam had given her . |
| 7 | It took her a minute to unlock the car and then she sat shaking behind the wheel , waiting until her hands were steady enough to switch on the ignition . |
| 8 | In her first year , it took her a day or two to settle down to London , but in her last year she was there the moment she stepped on the train . |
| 9 | It took her a second or two to recover . |
| 10 | Within about ten days she was happy enough with my mother and sisters around , but it took her a lot longer to settle down with other people , and with animals . |
| 11 | Having eaten it , he brewed some tea and took her a cup . |
| 12 | It also took her a step nearer to Douglas Fairbanks , a former student of a mining school who had strong views of his own on how the movies should depict American society . |
| 13 | It took her a week to make , that dress , she 'd made it specially for the dance at the police cadets ’ college , and then she 'd been so shy she 'd spent most of the evening in the Ladies . |
| 14 | It took her a moment to recognise the accusation . |
| 15 | It took her a moment to establish her balance . |
| 16 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 17 | It took her a moment to realize that she 'd expected Daak to add his comment , and that he had n't done so . |
| 18 | Surprised , it took her a moment to find something to say . |
| 19 | " I wo n't be late , " he said and it took her a moment to remember that they were speaking of Miss Dallam 's wedding-breakfast . |
| 20 | It took her a moment or two to realise what he was referring to and remember Florian 's words out on the balcony . |
| 21 | Shocked and disbelieving , she slowly opened the piece of paper with hands that shook uncontrollably , and it took her a moment to realise what it was . |
| 22 | It took her a moment to recognize the handwriting on the second envelope and when she did , she put it down while she plugged in the kettle and took a croissant from the breadbin . |
| 23 | It took her a moment or two to realise they were at the hotel . |
| 24 | Now Miss Fraser was last seen at 8 p.m. , when the night nurse took her a glass of hot milk before she retired . |
| 25 | It took her an hour to reach it , and a patrol was waiting . |
| 26 | A Bolton engineer sent his daughter each week ‘ up to me grandmother 's , take her a shilling . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The very first thing I 'll do when I get 'ome is take her a bunch of flowers . |
| 28 | It was Christmas Eve and Agnes had wondered over the last few days if she had heard aright on the night she had gone to the closet , because the next morning her father had come blithely into the kitchen and said , ‘ Your mother is having a lie-in this morning ; take her a cup of tea along and a bit of toast . |
| 29 | Mobile minister the Rev Bill Harper , who is to conduct a special service for Maude , is to take her a letter from the Queen Mother and a signed photograph from Dr George Carey . |
| 30 | Ruth knew there was something strange about him , but it seemed to take her an age to work out what it was : he was wearing a green cloak , and its folds drifted round him as if floating in water . |