Example sentences of "she took the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took the message out on to the streets of Stockton yesterday . |
| 2 | And she took the skin and she ran down to the shore and she put on the skin , dived back into the sea . |
| 3 | In her living room she took the bundle of replies to her ad in the New Statesman , settled at her desk and wrote to Michael who was an architect and described himself as outgoing . |
| 4 | Hers was on the floor by the bedside table — she 'd probably knocked it off when she had a glass of water , or when she took the veronal . ’ |
| 5 | I think they had their fun , she took the veronal to sleep soundly , then when she was far gone he smothered her . ’ |
| 6 | She took the case and spun round . |
| 7 | She took the money and ran from her obligations . ’ |
| 8 | Instead she took the money from her mother and walked sedately down to the shops with Carla , playing with her and making her laugh . |
| 9 | She took the money and put it in her pocket . |
| 10 | ‘ Any news about who did in that poor lady that you found , Mrs Craig ? ’ she asked as she took the money . |
| 11 | She took the can in her gloved hand , which was caked in black mud . |
| 12 | She took the basket back into the dressing-room and threw a cloth over it , then began to undress , bundling her discarded clothes into the bottom of one of the huge built-in cupboards that lined the walls . |
| 13 | She took the kitten in its little cardboard box to the bedroom and was constantly getting up all night , peering at the tiny bundle of black fur . |
| 14 | She took the spoon from the girl and pretended to drink from it . |
| 15 | Then she took the newspaper off the magazines and looked at it again . |
| 16 | She took the dish , and suppressed her normal automatic impulse to smile . |
| 17 | Just after five o'clock she took the correspondence into his office for signature . |
| 18 | She took the shopping into the kitchen . |
| 19 | She took the call and said it was for me . |
| 20 | She grabbed the receiver while Nina stood up , anticipating trouble , and watching Rachel as she took the call . |
| 21 | She took the memory of it upstairs to bed with her , but all the time that she wrote she could see him sitting there as he had been when he had first lit the lamp , his face full of an old pain . |
| 22 | She took the oath and swore she had seen me drunk . |
| 23 | She took the man I loved , the child I might have had , and did n't even keep it . |
| 24 | She took the opportunity despite the fact that many of her colleagues let her know that they judged her disloyal . |
| 25 | She took the opportunity to check the tape was running . |
| 26 | She took the opportunity to retire before her normal retirement date but I am too much of a gentleman to divulge her age . |
| 27 | His grip slackened and she took the opportunity to tear away from him . |
| 28 | Gently , she took the bottle of liquid cream he had used on her ravished buttocks , and poured a liberal dose into the palm of her hand . |
| 29 | She took the dress and laid it on the bed again . |
| 30 | She took the thermometer from his mouth , and when she continued to stare at it he was Unable to keep the note of anxiety out of his voice . |