Example sentences of "took three [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After leaving school at 16 , she took three part time jobs to earn money . |
| 2 | He took three twenty-pound notes out of his wallet . |
| 3 | It took three phone calls to track down Foley , who was still at the Tower . |
| 4 | John Reilly , 47 , took three plastic sacks from the driveway of Sunday Times managing editor Roger Eglin 's home in Teddington , west London , nearby Isleworth Crown Court was told during a two-day trial . |
| 5 | He took three month 's leave and went to our world assembly at Caux . |
| 6 | However , being unwilling to contradict her parents ' wishes she took three science A-levels rather than the arts subjects she preferred . |
| 7 | Father Peter took three earthenware bowls from a small cupboard near the inglenook and served them generous portions of soup from a black bowl which hung perilously from an iron hook above the flames . |