Example sentences of "she take a [adj] " 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 | She takes a deep drag and goes on . |
| 3 | She takes a deep breath , but does n't use it . |
| 4 | Read about Julia Roberts as she takes a deep draw on the cigarette in her right hand' . |
| 5 | She takes a skirt-full of windfall lemons . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is this same idea which she develops here , as she takes a long and loving look at the work of 28 contemporary artists who have an honoured place in the Middlesbrough permanent collection . |
| 10 | She takes a good photograph though . |
| 11 | she takes a good photograph . |
| 12 | 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 . ) |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In fact , she takes a wicked delight in setting me up as she explains the album title . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She takes a hard look at the way women present their bodies , their image and how this is dominated by notions of contemporary beauty . |
| 17 | She took a resolute breath and manoeuvred the jeep behind a low sports car . |
| 18 | She took a nervous mouthful from her glass . |
| 19 | She took a shuddering breath . |
| 20 | She took a shuddering gasp of breath . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She took a reviving sip of coffee before saying softly , ‘ Did you get any sleep ? ’ |
| 23 | She took a long time to dress . |
| 24 | Wexford ignored him and followed the widow to the sideboard from a drawer of which she took a long cream-coloured book . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She took a long drink of her tea and then continued , ‘ Anyway , she 'll go before long , never fear . ’ |
| 27 | She took a long draw on her cigarette , looking at me curiously . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Back in the cottage she took a long , hot bath , but the water failed to ease the tension in her body , even though she lay there for what seemed like an eternity , trying to will away the effects of the afternoon . |
| 30 | Instead , she took a long , hot bath , scattering in a lavish handful of scented flakes and letting the perfumed water ease some of the tension from her body . |