Example sentences of "[noun sg] she took [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After marriage she took a break while her two children were small , returning later to a fresh specialisation as Research Fellow at St. Mark 's Hospital , London ( gastroenterological/ coloproctological diseases ) She has M.R.C.P. ( London ) 1950 and D.M. 1971 . |
| 2 | Back in the cottage she took a long , hot bath , but the water failed to ease the tension in her body , even though she lay there for what seemed like an eternity , trying to will away the effects of the afternoon . |
| 3 | Her first detective novel , The Man in the Queue , a highly accomplished piece of a work for a novice hand , was published in 1929 under the pseudonym of Gordon Daviot — the name by which she preferred to be known , in both public and private — though for her seven other works in this genre she took the name Josephine Tey . |
| 4 | From the top drawer of her chest-of-drawers she took a pad and went to fetch her biro from the handbag hanging on the back of the door . |
| 5 | When Zoser dabbed a little on his wife 's sleeve she took the sleeve and held it up to her nose . |
| 6 | Once in her room she took a seat by the windows and , pushing her distress over Paul to the back of her mind , tore open the packet he 'd given her . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | From the other she took the photograph — now with the glass cracked — of Tatyana and Zbigniew Nowak on Westminster Bridge . |
| 9 | When I was out with the children the other day she took a call from Tim Dunton . |
| 10 | The next day she took the plane back to Oklahoma . |
| 11 | Travelling by night she took the form of a mortal nurse , the better to prey on children and suck their blood . |
| 12 | ONE customer was so concerned about her new Amtico bathroom floor matching the sanitaryware she took the loo cistern lid into the Sheffield studio . |
| 13 | After that she pushed the older woman from her mind while concentrating upon several small tasks , and at mid morning she took a break to follow the covered path leading towards the chalets . |
| 14 | When it was Sally 's turn she took a large breath . |
| 15 | With her free hand she took the golden decoration from him , examining it with care . |
| 16 | At the end she took a deep breath , before joining in the rapturous applause , wishing the lights could be turned up . |
| 17 | Well in the end she took a stack and went in to see Miss and Miss tried to change the subject , subj |
| 18 | in the end she took the children home with her , erm it was so different from what they 'd been used to in those erm |
| 19 | She moved on , and into a quagmire of silt which she had to wade through , making obscene sucking noises every time she took a step . |
| 20 | her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself . |
| 21 | ‘ We do a lot of restoration work , and when she went back home on a visit she took a brochure which showed the sort of stuff we do . |
| 22 | At first Miss Outram told them to ask their mothers , but feeling she might lose the girls ' confidence if she blocked their curiosity she took a more direct approach . |
| 23 | Which was true , but with each step she took the shock grew less and her spirit rallied . |
| 24 | Then , since the fisherman did not come home , every morning she took his supper to the cliff-side and fed it to the wild snakes ; every noon she took the hempen nets and gave them to the sea-birds to build their nests . |