Example sentences of "she took [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he returned , carrying two mugs , she took hers automatically then stared down into the swirling liquid . |
| 2 | So I went over and I bought two necklaces , I gave them to Julie who made the shirt , and she took them apart |
| 3 | A morning off , she took them occasionally when she felt put upon , but this time her ire and suspicion were aimed at him . |
| 4 | ‘ Then I 'd say perhaps Harry 's sunglasses and pen and belt were with Angela Brickell because she took them there herself . ’ |
| 5 | That had to be a good thing as far as she was concerned , she told herself , so therefore she took him exactly at his word . |
| 6 | She did not try to soothe him , but she took him away from Skid Row , pulling him into a kingsize bed with freshly-laundered sheets . |
| 7 | Deliberately , she took him literally . |
| 8 | In those days Garth was a merchant banker , and she took him home to meet her parents , who thought he was wonderful . |
| 9 | Fabia felt it might be a touch cruel to laugh at him again but , feeling certain he would run a mile if she took him seriously , she was a little nonplussed about how to answer him . |
| 10 | That afternoon she took me upstairs to her small bedroom for the first time . |
| 11 | Half an hour later she took me upstairs . |
| 12 | I do n't know whether she took me seriously . |
| 13 | She took me so easily . |
| 14 | In November 1985 , she took her home to Mr Reich , an American electrician in Texas . |
| 15 | And she took it straight off her ! |
| 16 | She was always prepared to the utmost and if she felt she had been given good advice , then she took it immediately . |
| 17 | when she took it away and hid it . |
| 18 | She took it automatically , and together they walked up the hill , neither speaking a word , the only sound in their ears being the song of the river . |
| 19 | She took it outside into the wood and walked around under the trees . |
| 20 | He made a gesture : she took it literally . |
| 21 | She took it cautiously . |
| 22 | She took it calmly . |
| 23 | He did not tell Hannele that , but he told her he had to go alone , and she took it calmly . |
| 24 | Timidly , she went close to the bed and when the invalid stretched out her hand she took it gratefully and sat beside her . |
| 25 | She took it gratefully and sipped a small amount , but it was stale and she handed it back . |
| 26 | how , why she took it so badly |
| 27 | ‘ I think there 's opium in it , Anne , and if she took it too often it would n't help when she really needed it . |
| 28 | But she was insane if she took it seriously . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's no accounting for taste , ’ I quipped , but she took it seriously . |
| 30 | I also found an envelope lying around in the bathroom the other day with a list of numbers on the back , and when I asked her about it , she took it silently out of my hand . |