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 she carried the basket to the washing line and unpegged the clothes rapidly , chucking them down in a windblown tangle ( Ella folded things as she took them out of the tumble drier . |
| 5 | Now , leading the way across a parquet-floored drawing-room , she took them out through French windows into a large walled garden . |
| 6 | She took them in during the day and I went off to Bartle 's — that 's the engineering factory in Brick Lane . |
| 7 | She took them off . |
| 8 | She took them off and gave them back to him . |
| 9 | Mrs Denham wore heavily-rimmed glasses , and she took them off from time to time , restlessly , as she talked : the crows ' feet round her eyes were deeply scored , and her eyes without their glasses had a distant , worried look , as though committed to far other fields of concentration . |
| 10 | She took them off again when she remembered that it would be she who would have to Ronuk it again if Matey saw its shine marred . |
| 11 | There were ten birthday cards on the mantelpiece , but they had been there two days and she took them down . |
| 12 | she took them down . |
| 13 | She took them down and that , and washed them and d' ya know , she 's daft as a brush ! |
| 14 | ‘ Then I 'd say perhaps Harry 's sunglasses and pen and belt were with Angela Brickell because she took them there herself . ’ |
| 15 | He attended without wavering as she took him round to the head of the little dale , above the cottage , pointing out the hare 's field below them as they went . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Generally , he came downstairs to wash and shave while she was doing this , but today she took him up a tray so he could have his breakfast in bed . |
| 19 | He hesitated for a moment , and she took him up on it . |
| 20 | She took him up at once . |
| 21 | She … she took him in when he was a little boy . ’ |
| 22 | She took him in |
| 23 | Deliberately , she took him literally . |
| 24 | In those days Garth was a merchant banker , and she took him home to meet her parents , who thought he was wonderful . |
| 25 | She took him back to her Streatham pad by taxi , paying for it out of his wallet . |
| 26 | That would even explain why she took him back to Archer Street from the Montrose . |
| 27 | How come she took him back then ? |
| 28 | How come she took him back then , they did n't want ? |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Then she took him out to supper to celebrate , Philip and Pat joining in , and the evening became one of those when the participants have to pause , to say to themselves : Yes , this is me , it really is me Happiness sat with them at the table in the Seashell Fish'n'Chips ; they could not stop smiling , or Jim from laughing and sighing . |