Example sentences of "she take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She takes on a special brood-care coloration at this time ; she becomes a much brighter golden yellow than usual , and her black markings are accentuated .
2 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 .
3 Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom :
4 ( She takes out a little flag . )
5 Why wo n't she take up the offer of just a fortnight 's short-stay ?
6 When he started school , she only had to look after him before school started and after it finished , so she took on a part-time job as a lunch-time playground supervisor at the same school .
7 She took on a black lad and because she did that she was ostracised from the rest of the community .
8 But she 's not really complaining : Mozart launched her international career at the 1982 Aix Festival when at short notice , and at only 25 , she took on the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute .
9 She took on the ‘ difficult ’ painter more out of sympathy for Zborowski 's hopeless task than of belief in Modigliani .
10 With an unusual daring for a Tiller she took on the life of a Broadway dancer , the men flocked to her and she basked in their admiration .
11 She took on the alias in a bid to avoid publicity when dealing with her solicitor Paul Butner .
12 Sylvie could barely remember the woman who had drowned herself , but through his words she took on the grand status of a tormented romantic .
13 Her eyes widened as she took on an air of great sadness .
14 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 .
15 She then went to Victoria Station and bought a return ticket to Epsom , where she took up a position in the pressing crowd on the inside rails at Tattenham Corner , a few yards before the runners reach the straight .
16 Still riding the crest of that foaming wave , she took up a microphone one day and sang an old classic , which caught the ear of a sharp record producer who would very soon launch her as a pop star .
17 Now she has moved on again — in late October she took up a new appointment in Rotherham .
18 Then she took up a position standing right at the back .
19 Soon afterwards she took up a position at the hospital .
20 She took up a late cancellation for a holiday and photographed the leaning tower of Pisa ; in Florence sat drinking a cappuccino near the Piazza San Felice , thinking of those two English lovers , the Browning poets , who had lived there ; threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome , wondering if she would ever come back .
21 Grinning , she took up a seductive pose and started to wriggle her hips for him , swirling round sensually and then slowly undoing the clasp at her back .
22 She has been active in local politics since 1985 when she took up a seat on Cleveland county council for Victoria ward , Thornaby .
23 She took up the piano and , according to her headmistress Ruth Rudge , ‘ made phenomenal progress for someone who started late ’ ; and although she never made it into any of the school teams , she loved tennis .
24 Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave .
25 She took up the handles of the hand-cart and began to push it , and now there was room only for the child to walk by the side of it .
26 She took up the beautiful veil you bought me , put it on her own head , then turned to admire herself in the mirror .
27 She took up the basin , spilling muddy water on the floor .
28 She took up the already damp towel and swathed herself in it .
29 She took up the pastime after impressing friends and family when she made an engagement cake for her brother-in-law .
30 Then she took up the discarded tray and looked back at him where he stood now , leaning against the wall between the French windows , his silver flask of brandy open as he sipped defiantly , watching her with a black scowl on his face .
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