Example sentences of "she took [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She took on the ‘ difficult ’ painter more out of sympathy for Zborowski 's hopeless task than of belief in Modigliani . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She took on the alias in a bid to avoid publicity when dealing with her solicitor Paul Butner . |
| 5 | Sylvie could barely remember the woman who had drowned herself , but through his words she took on the grand status of a tormented romantic . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She took up the beautiful veil you bought me , put it on her own head , then turned to admire herself in the mirror . |
| 10 | She took up the basin , spilling muddy water on the floor . |
| 11 | She took up the already damp towel and swathed herself in it . |
| 12 | She took up the pastime after impressing friends and family when she made an engagement cake for her brother-in-law . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | From this , Mrs Lamport discovered she had misread one name and her researches into Mrs Piggott were scrapped while she took up the new challenge in the name of Mrs Pigou , a theatre-goer of French origin . |
| 15 | But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Catherine has sung before — she took over the lead role in the West End musical 42nd Street as a teenager . |
| 18 | In 1885 she took over the management of the embroidery section of Morris & Company , her father 's firm . |
| 19 | When her brothers joined up in 1914 she took over the running of the Ferry assisted by some local boys who enjoyed the good food that Mrs Stevens provided . |
| 20 | She took over the phone in a vain attempt to replace Dana , only to admit defeat late on Thursday evening when she was forced , reluctantly , to agree to Myra 's insistence that she wear the wedding gown herself . |
| 21 | She took over the serving of the tea and cakes and Jenna had the opportunity to study her surreptitiously . |
| 22 | She took over the premises behind the bus station in Middlesbrough ( opposite the car park and along from Macdonalds ) and has hardly looked back . |
| 23 | Er , although Shirley , she took over the ro , erm , she took the role half way through of down on the floor splitting things up things over , er , the rest of them were cutting out words and what have you , and writing out the script the way they wanted it , and she just stuck them on the floor , , and they changed the script , so in that respect she was |
| 24 | And she was to , she took over the Queen when she out of the country ! |
| 25 | " 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 . |
| 26 | She took out the electric beater and arranged it to beat cream , while Mrs Palichuk watched , fascinated . |
| 27 | When she took out the leather writing case , the child turned and cried , ‘ That 's Mama 's ! |
| 28 | She took out the red spray and in letters a foot high , began " Greenham Common Women … " |
| 29 | She took out the tin box of letters and carried it back with her into the kitchen . |
| 30 | Tearing open a pocket in her bag , she took out the offending objects and thrust them towards Rourke . |