Example sentences of "took two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took two paperback books , a toothbrush , my Ventolin inhaler and a copy of the repeat prescription , four T-shirts , two pairs of jeans and my other pair of trainers . |
| 2 | Yeah I had my disc removed but took two operations but |
| 3 | ‘ It took two cops tae hold her back . ’ |
| 4 | She took two sips , then the water ran out of her mouth on to her chin . |
| 5 | It took two members of staff about ten minutes of tugging to remove the anemone , by which time it had become ragged and contracted . |
| 6 | A THIEF walked into Kerridge 's service station , Butts Road , Alton last week and took two cans of petrol worth £5.89 . |
| 7 | The move took two journeys . |
| 8 | ‘ Just taking pictures ’ was supported by a philosophical edifice that took two bottles of beer to explain and provided lots of opportunity for amused , patronising glances . |
| 9 | He then took two bottles out with the same result . |
| 10 | That was a case in which the defendant took two bottles of whisky from the shelves and put them in her shopping bag . |
| 11 | Edward took two glasses , handing one to Hannele . |
| 12 | The Individual Programme Plans of Elizabeth and Helen , which took two attempts to get off the ground because of staff changes and inadequate training , have been virtually suspended — even before the first reviews — because of the latest staffing upheaval . |
| 13 | This work took two directions . |
| 14 | It was only after he took two bullets in the thigh and wrist and a shotgun blast in the back , and his brother was murdered by rival gangs that he channelled his aggression into baseball . |
| 15 | We took two hunks and , with the help of a carefully selected team of experts , made them even hunkier ! |
| 16 | His swarming attacks gradually overwhelmed wright who took two knock downs and a standing count before the referee halted it in the third . |
| 17 | They took two lorry-loads of ponies including Fantasma . |
| 18 | He took two strides across the kitchen and gathered her into his arms , crushing his mouth over hers and kissing her ferociously . |
| 19 | In the 84th minute Ferguson out on the right picked up a pass , took two strides forward and with a ferociously hit shot found the target . |
| 20 | It took two decades and a number of celebrated trials for the revolutionary implications of the legislation to be fully appreciated and applied . |
| 21 | Leith went and changed out of her suit and into jeans and a sweater , then took two telephone calls in quick succession — the first from Rosemary . |
| 22 | David took two quarter bottles of champagne out of the mini-bar , and collected two tooth mugs . |
| 23 | That took two forms . |
| 24 | The plague took two forms , bubonic , transmitted by a bacterium carried by the rat flea , and pneumonic , spread directly by droplet infection in a manner similar to the common cold . |
| 25 | The European initiatives took two forms . |
| 26 | The Corrective Action took two forms — formal monitoring of the beard blower 's operation and increased awareness of the complaint through publicity . |
| 27 | This followed repairs when Bob Hall took two feet off a wingtip while turning too close to the ground in the Goodyear Trophy race . |
| 28 | She could n't afford a car yet , but on the day of the final trials for the Pony Club Championships , which were held at Rutshire Polo Ground , she and Ethel took two buses and walked a mile in pouring rain to lend Perdita support . |
| 29 | The players and officials enjoyed a cold buffet lunch in a marquee which also took two hours but included a number of speeches and a Loyal Toast . |
| 30 | It took two hours , even using all the short cuts , to walk to Low Birk Hatt , and it was about I a.m. when I got back . |