Example sentences of "[conj] she take [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After she completed her degree course , they moved to the United States , where she took up an appointment as an instructor in English at Smith College . |
| 2 | But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research . |
| 3 | Mona was quiet , hardworking and extremely stubborn , anxious to be agreeable ; but once she took up a position — or got caught in one — she was obstinately immovable and this had often brought her into conflict with Moran . |
| 4 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
| 5 | " It 's just a trick , really , it 's easy , " said Clara , and she took back the egg , and found that she could not put it together again either , so they decided to abandon it , and left it in little pieces in a glass dish on the mantelpiece with some dry and coloured gourds , and then they went downstairs and out into the park , and walked towards the bus stop , and Clara explained , lest the gourds and the egg should be thought to reflect in any way on herself , that they had been given to her by a friend the week before , to celebrate her twenty-second birthday . |
| 6 | But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 . |
| 7 | When she took out the leather writing case , the child turned and cried , ‘ That 's Mama 's ! |
| 8 | In some cultures the mother proceeds to the status of a matriarch , when she takes on the authority of mother to the whole extended family or tribe . |
| 9 | Her eyes widened as she took on an air of great sadness . |