Example sentences of "was taking [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She added the last phrase as if suddenly aware that she was taking no undue interest in her children 's fate . |
| 2 | As Diana 's life was taking a new direction , her sister Sarah was in crisis . |
| 3 | Moreover in the years 1176–7 he was taking a keen interest in the competing politics of the Spanish kingdoms and he may well have instructed Richard to ensure that the great road south from Bordeaux to the Pyrenees was kept open for travellers of all sorts , pilgrims , traders and couriers . |
| 4 | He could not know that Sophia was taking a keen interest in him and had even been considering him — provided he were not divorced or otherwise unsuitable-as a husband for her sister . |
| 5 | Food was taking a poor second on my diet sheet this evening . |
| 6 | On Jan. 18 Justice Minister H. J. " Kobie " Coetsee announced that the government was taking a comprehensive approach in a review of the position of restricted and banned organizations . |
| 7 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 8 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |
| 9 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 10 | The switched-off siren was taking a long time to die . |
| 11 | I was taking a long time ! |
| 12 | Someone was taking a frightful chance I felt ; these games were always held on a Sunday and the English community in Baghdad came out to the camp as several matches were played in the afternoon . |
| 13 | The knitting correspondent was taking a well-earned break from the strenuous world of woollens , courtesy of her travel editor . |
| 14 | The Santa Cruz Operation was taking a bullish attitude towards the launch of Destiny last week , pointing out that it was a technology , not a product announcement , and saying that it would be a long time before the package would support the large range of peripherals in the SCO catalogue : SCO also claimed to offer pretty much everything offered by Destiny , including DOS/Windows emulation and Motif — which SCO ships , not just supports — claiming its distribution network was mature and widespread , and said it was more interested in the networked and multi-user system market than the PC and Mac replacement that USL is interested in . |
| 15 | At this early hour I was taking a final look at the layout of the course . |
| 16 | ‘ In this decree Pope Pius was taking a good swipe at those who would bring the church up to date , the modernists as they call themselves . |
| 17 | Mr Anderson had also claimed to investigating officers that the woman told him she had had three Aids tests and was taking a contraceptive pill . |
| 18 | She was taking a contraceptive pill and denied misusing drugs . |
| 19 | At the end of the month New Scientist was taking a sober view of the clinical value of interferon , once thought a possible panacea against viruses . |
| 20 | But he was taking a cautious line , mindful of the child behind him . |
| 21 | His room overlooked our house , and he could watch the comings and goings — we were having some turf laid at the time in which he was taking a great interest — and I used to drive round there every evening at half past five and bring him home for a meal , after which we would chat or watch television . |
| 22 | Next day , McMartin 's parents had noticed that he was taking a great interest in news of the murder and he had told them some things about the incident . |
| 23 | Cynics also believed he was taking a great risk when he cast Jason Donovan and Phillip Schofield in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , but both have been great successes . |
| 24 | Jannie was taking a benevolent interest , too , inviting not Bob but Tessa out to look at houses she had found for them in s.w.23 . |
| 25 | She was taking a secretarial course , and I was able to tell her about the importance of that work in hospital . |
| 26 | In the lounge Lord Beddington was taking a short rest after the exigencies of luncheon . |
| 27 | Girl thief snatches bag from pensioner A 62-year-old woman had her bag snatched by a girl thief in Stockton while she was taking a short cut between Hartington Road and Lawson Walk . |
| 28 | However , to illustrate my belief that nothing has really changed , while I was taking a few notes from a caddie in Montpellier in the south of France — he was telling me how ‘ we 'd hit a great pitch in at the last ’ — I happened to notice the sign above the caddie shack . |
| 29 | Up until then the cinema had been taboo but Mrs Burrows , in her fifties and approaching retirement , was taking a broader outlook . |
| 30 | Suddenly Quiggers was on his feet and , before anyone could say anything , he was taking a brisk run-up at the Pike bottom . |