Example sentences of "took one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend and I took one tablet apiece . |
| 2 | Instead , I sent him one of me that I took one weekend , with the sun coming in the window and shining on my hair . |
| 3 | I , I only took one case on after I was married er and that er that was a maternity case I 'd been to the first baby . |
| 4 | The clear , imperious voice , lately gagged by the folds of an archer 's cloak , was singing gently to itself , and did not fall silent even when he instinctively took one dancing step back from the collision , and then as readily translated the movement into a forward lunge that almost passed Adam 's startled guard . |
| 5 | So maybe it took one minute more than it should as the crow flies . |
| 6 | He took one bottle out to put his own in , took another one out to put a second one in , and this proceeded up the line and down the next until he realised he was always left with one in hand . |
| 7 | These meetings took place every year until 1965 , they usually took one day and the French participants used to call them ‘ Cashmere meetings ’ because , after voicing their disinclination to cooperate , they would leave and go to buy Scottish pullovers . |
| 8 | Manager Christopher Warner , 29 , took one day off for every one he worked . |
| 9 | I mean if er that w you you 'd had it if if you w ruined for life if you er took one man 's see but served two teas . |
| 10 | They 're the classic example of a band that thinks with one brain , and if you took one component out it would n't happen . ’ |
| 11 | We packed the sacks for a night away , took one rope , slings and half a dozen nuts and Friends and squeezed in rock boots . |
| 12 | Tubby took one swallow and then looked up at the Colonel . |
| 13 | Jack took one gulp , said ‘ Lovely stuff , and went off to tune in to the King 's Speech on the secret wireless , which only he could operate . |
| 14 | She took one stick and leaned on my arm for a little walk round the house . |
| 15 | The window looked out on to a wide wooden verandah with a few deadbeat chairs and a metal table that took one leg off the ground when you leaned on it . |
| 16 | It is , therefore , of particular significance to Lafayette as this new range , which took one year to develop , is launched into the market place . |
| 17 | Lafayette took one year , and cost over £300,000 to develop and launch . |
| 18 | Dustin took one sip and told Claude that he was the only man he knew who could get fresh oranges out of a can . |
| 19 | When I got home my dad took one look at it and said , you look like a bleeding nancy boy . |
| 20 | He took one look at them and said , what are those blokes doing here ? |
| 21 | As soon as we arrived , the bass player , Paul ‘ Bassman ’ Riley , took one look at us and came over with a proposition . |
| 22 | The surgeon took one look at my eyes and said , bluntly : ‘ Well , they 're a right mess , are n't they ? ’ . |
| 23 | Charles took one look at the proffered platitudes , which he knew to be absurd , and set about writing an alternative . |
| 24 | He took one look at it and said to her , ‘ Jean , I think you should scrap the idea that Christ is the answer . |
| 25 | He took one look at her — and he off . |
| 26 | Took one look , thought , even if we have a prodigy , never get in . |
| 27 | Bernal took one look at it : ‘ Of course , ’ he said , ‘ of course that 's how they must have done it . ’ |
| 28 | The police arrived , took one look and called the fire brigade . |
| 29 | A fire crew arrived , took one look and summoned an ambulance . |
| 30 | Miss Jarman took one look , then said : ‘ In the kitchen . ’ |