Example sentences of "she have taken " in BNC.

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1 On this occasion she is at a posh party , where she has taken a glass of champagne , but only ‘ to be sociable ’ — a motive which in anyone else would have driven Patrick to contemplate another of the umpteen blows he feels like unleashing — when the novelist unleashes one of his phonological jokes , which play on vagaries of pronunciation .
2 She has taken care not to touch any of these totally unentrepreneurial perks .
3 With no qualifications and precious little experience , she has taken on the job of Princess of Wales and is turning it into a significant career — and at the same time has brought up two small boys .
4 She has worked tirelessly and helped raise millions of pounds for the charities she has taken on .
5 Like the Prince , she requests and gathers together information and reading material on all of the subjects she has taken on .
6 She has taken Diana to Covent Garden on innumerable occasions in the last few years .
7 Like every other step she has taken , this — her most ambitious yet — is being planned with painstaking attention to detail .
8 All right , he is very busy , one could understand a degree of impatience ; but this girl is in a bad way , she has taken a knife to her room , she sees blood before her eyes .
9 Harvey may refuse the usual ‘ women 's role ’ but she has taken the indie scene by storm by writing some starkly troubled sexual vignettes while sounding as if she 's profoundly at ease in her own skin .
10 She has taken some point made by a friend whom she names — milia and develops it into a full essay .
11 ’ Poor old Dicey Riley , she has taken to the sup ,
12 ‘ There has never been jealousy on my part that she has taken my mother 's place . ’
13 She has taken on the sophisticated royal machine and beaten it at its own game .
14 An elderly lady , a writer of crime-stories , was featured ; for years she has taken regular night walks , striding out for miles through the city of London , observant of everything around her .
15 As a result , she has taken a calculated decision to ensure that the royal grandchildren remain — whatever the cost — under her influence .
16 She has taken to roller skates to speed up her travel in New York .
17 The cashier should give a receipt to the receptionist that he or she has taken charge of the money .
18 Moreover , it is difficult for anyone but the manager to have available all the information he or she has taken into account at the point of decision , and hence it is difficult to monitor the manager .
19 She is modest , feeling she has taken only the first steps .
20 During the war she worked as a translator , and at the time of the action of the novel she has taken up this trade again recently .
21 To the availability-for-work test has been added the actively-seeking-work test in which the unemployed person has to demonstrate and provide evidence that he or she has taken all necessary steps to obtain employment .
22 When not being a mother or supportive wife , she has taken on numerous appointments in areas that interest her .
23 She has taken the issues raised in Woman to Woman and produced Entering the Masquerade .
24 But she has tried this once before , after nineteen helpful interventions ( eight from Becky , the rest from Minna ) on her speed , her gear changes , her posture , clothes and haircut , and — most often — on the roads she has taken to get out of London .
25 ‘ Barry wants to see how she has taken the race and I do n't think he will make his mind up until next week , ’ said owner-breeder Dick Hollingsworth .
26 In her decoration ‘ Lilith ’ ( Museum Boymans-van Beuningen , Rotterdam — watercolour sketch at the Tate Gallery ) it is as if she has taken one of these nudes and stood her against a tree , where , with arms wrapped around her head and one leg twisted into the other she writhes provocatively for the pleasure of the viewer .
27 Now listen answer the question I asked you , answer the question I asked you , she has taken a lot of drugs in the past , not Prozac .
28 Adrienne Ring announced that she has taken over as Chairman of the Publicity Sub-Committee and she asked that all dates of rallies etc be sent to the office as soon as possible .
29 Beryl Smith is giving up these classes all of which she has taken for many years .
30 As many of you will have noticed from your Q.T. day programme Beryl will not be teaching this year ; for some time she has taken a great interest in the Back Pain Association and has now become involved particularly at weekends in special classes for back-pain sufferers .
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