Example sentences of "took four [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In 1955 , while Jimmy Young and Dickie Valentine 's ersatz American crooning dominated the milk bars of Britain , Bill Haley , the John the Baptist of rock ‘ n ’ roll , took four records into the Top Twenty . |
| 2 | It took four visits ( over a seven-week period ) to put an end to her phobia once and for all and to allow her to lead the happy , normal life she so desired . |
| 3 | This preemptive action took four forms . |
| 4 | Golarsa , a Wimbledon quarter-finalist in 1989 , took four games running to move 5–4 ahead with her service to follow . |
| 5 | The organising committee took four hours to announce the seedings and draw order , much of the time being taken up trying to persuade West Germany , who had assumed they were going to Verona , to switch to Milan at the last moment . |
| 6 | The organising committee took four hours to announce the seedings and draw order , much of the time being taken up trying to persuade West Germany , who had assumed they were going to Verona , to switch to Milan at the last moment . |
| 7 | It took four hours before he could move , during which time the lifeless body of Ewan Famber that was , leaked fluids off the white table on to the ceraplas floor . |
| 8 | The jury took four hours yesterday after a nine-day trial to find him guilty of five charges of indecent assault . |
| 9 | The whole rescue took four hours , and Dr. E.M . |
| 10 | I would have been here sooner but one of our carriage horses slung a shoe and it took four hours to find a smith . |
| 11 | It took four hours and a long phone call to find the answer . |
| 12 | The journey down the Spencer Gulf to Adelaide took four hours . |
| 13 | It took four hours to fix . |
| 14 | He took four pennies from his other pocket . |
| 15 | He took four strides to the corner , turned it and ran . |
| 16 | So of course I told him about , you see we , we 'd lowered the level of the loch at the , took four feet of it , you see and it revealed this thing in the loch . |
| 17 | Fire and ambulance crews were called to Lincoln Villas in North Ormesby and immediately took four casualties to Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 18 | Redruth took four guns and went on deck with Trelawney and the captain . |
| 19 | It stood twenty-five spans high and took four horses to pull it . |
| 20 | It took four minutes to connect . |
| 21 | The German star routed defending champion Wayne Ferreira of South Africa 6–3 , 6–4 in 56 minutes the fastest final since John McEnroe took four minutes longer to dispose of Kim Warwick in 1980 . |
| 22 | It took four bouncers to get her off me . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Enter , ’ said a bored voice and the two men marched in , took four paces forward and came to a halt in front of Captain Trentham . |
| 24 | 9/Working on both posters , the artwork took four months on and off the paint . |
| 25 | It took four months to reach its decision which issued on 11th September 1992 . |
| 26 | With 43 recommendations , the report , which took four months to prepare , admits that ‘ a free society requires the freedom to say or print things that are inconvenient to those in authority , whether they be members of the Royal Family , ministers , MPs , local councillors or public officials ’ . |
| 27 | Anyway , I took four samples of the drinking water which I will take to the races this evening . ’ |
| 28 | He was seventy-eight and it took four ambulance workers and Jack to finally get him in the ambulance . |
| 29 | It took four shampoos to , to get the bugger out ! |
| 30 | One of the groaning bodies took four men to lift ; ‘ Hector ! |