Example sentences of "took a [num] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jones , 33 , took a 3-0 lead and never looked in any danger after that . |
| 2 | Both fell to peeler crab on a 1/0 hook to 15 lb line to give Roy a unique double — before Christmas he took a 4 lb 7 oz flounder from the Exe to set a new best for his club 's inner area record . |
| 3 | It was a rough match with five bookings but Lazio will not be complaining — they took a million pounds in receipts . |
| 4 | After Nagle took a 75 in the third round , it was a two-horse race : Arnold and Dai . |
| 5 | The count of Flanders was usually accompanied by between fifty and a hundred armed men ; the duke of Aquitaine took a hundred knights with him on a visit to the viscount of Ventadour . |
| 6 | Morgan in nineteen ninety one took a hundred and seventy patients again found the number of tumours at diagnosis to be most important . |
| 7 | But equally , the moths only took a hundred years to make their change . |
| 8 | It took a hundred and fifty lorries to transport it to its home in Swindon . |
| 9 | It took a hundred firefighters more than four hours to bring it under control . |
| 10 | Yeah cos they only took a hundred and something , but he said if I take about a hundred and something pound a day |
| 11 | Jack Nicklaus took a 10 there and poor old Max Faulkner chalked up a 12 . |
| 12 | England took a 2–0 lead in the first chukka through James Lucas but Argentina took control of the game in the second chukka . |
| 13 | But , I mean , do , to be more realistic , I mean , o , if , obviously if , if all the government took a fifty percent pay cut it still would n't make a great deal of difference ? |
| 14 | Er I 'm one of those people that took a two year er low pay rise , to put me into the Health Service when my husband was ill . |
| 15 | Anne and Michael then took a two week holiday based at their new flat in Cumbernauld . |
| 16 | Yes in the F A Cup fourth round third replay between Leeds United and Arsenal at Elland Road , it was the visitors who took a two goal lead in the first half . |
| 17 | Bere Forest also had a tough match against Meridian B and , once again , they found themselves a goal down at half time but they took a 2–1 lead in the second half before Meridian B equalized to take the game into extra time . |
| 18 | About 100 fans from two sections of the ground allocated to away fans ran on to the pitch after Cardiff took a 2–1 lead . |
| 19 | In the first division , Sunderland took a thirty ninth minute lead at home to Nottingham Forest ; Gabbiadini the scorer , and Gabbiadini 's first goal in three months was enough to send the Roker fans away in a happy mood to celebrate their third successive home win . |
| 20 | On the home front , the FT-SE 100 index took a 34½ point dive on Wednesday as the market reacted to the real threat of a Labour government after polls giving Labour a seven point lead . |
| 21 | On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it . |
| 22 | This time he took a six on it . |
| 23 | Kite was the danger for the start , but he took a six on the 10th . |
| 24 | So if you took a six week period then you 're looking at somewhere around four and a half thousand pounds worth of income . |
| 25 | Investors must be glad that French law limited Hachette to 25 p.c. of La Cinq but British bank Kleinwort Benson obligingly took a 7 p.c. stake and is looking to Hachette to recover its money . |
| 26 | Design factors included the ease of using zips , whether the pockets took a 1:50,000 OS map , hood visibility , ease of adjustment of toggles , number and placement of pockets and general cut . |
| 27 | Local Dave Swallow took a 5 lb 4 oz chub on trotted bread flake . |
| 28 | In that wind the incident could have gone unnoticed , but a penalty was imposed and he took a 5 . |
| 29 | COLCHESTER confirmed their position as favourites to win the Vauxhall FA Trophy when they took a 3–0 lead in the first leg of their semi-final with Conference rivals Macclesfield , at Layer Road on Saturday , writes Peter Ernest . |
| 30 | Setting up a business was a different challenge and Stan , with help from the Scottish Development Agency also took a sixteen week course with The Scottish Business school to help him with the mechanics of being an employer , selling and marketing his fossils . |