Example sentences of "[verb] to take [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This course , modified to take one day , was repeated in January for the officers in charge of Evening Duty and in March for those next in seniority in the evenings . |
| 2 | He tried to take two dogs on . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know where he will go after his race at Christmas — I just want to take one race at a time — but the main target is the Champion Hurdle again . ’ |
| 4 | You know they joined it right at the beginning , they , they 're the ones where the momentum 's come from erm they 're the ones asking the rich peasants to join them , the middle peasants and they 're the ones leading the revolution , th they are the riff-raff if you , you know , want to take one view erm they have n't got anything to lose because of their position er er er er as erm a rich peasant may say , you know , what is there to keep me from joining yo you people have neither tile over your heads nor speck of land under your feet , and it 's true they have got nothing to lose but these are the ones that are pushing the ideas forward and forming the associations . |
| 5 | The company has then got to say : ‘ If you want to take three months ’ holiday , good luck to you provided the contracted hours are worked . ’ |
| 6 | He said : ‘ When you score three goals away from home you expect to take three points . |
| 7 | Demolition of the flats is expected to take six weeks . |
| 8 | The work is expected to take six months . |
| 9 | President René 's SPPF won 58.4 per cent of votes cast and was expected to take 14 seats on the commission to draft a constitution in advance of presidential and legislative elections scheduled to take place in December . |
| 10 | The relocation is expected to take two weeks . |
| 11 | It 's expected to take two months just to identify and catalogue the antiques so they can be matched with items reported stolen.Two men are helping police with their inquiries . |
| 12 | The survey is expected to take two months to complete and will be carried out through questionnaires sent to venture capitalists and advisers throughout the EC . |
| 13 | The procedure is expected to take 2 hrs . |
| 14 | The Argus will leave with the helicopters on board next week and is expected to take seven days to reach the Croatian port of Split . |
| 15 | It 's expected to take 9 months to complete . |
| 16 | Well 204/20–1 was spudded by the drilling rig Ocean Valiant on September 14 and is expected to take 35 days . |
| 17 | Electronic Data Systems Corp has won a 10-year contract from Southland Corp to install as many as 4,000 automated teller machines in 7-11 stores across the US : installation will begin in June and the process is expected to take three years to complete and the General Motors Corp subsidiary will manage processing , administration , fulfillment and enhancement of the kit . |
| 18 | In response , the Lord Chancellor established a review of the financial conditions for legal aid in November 1989 , which is expected to take three years to complete its work . |
| 19 | The case is expected to take three days . |
| 20 | Some boats are reported to take 500–600 animals during a 3-month season . |
| 21 | During 1971 Dassault announced the Falcon 20T feederliner project designed to take twenty-nine passengers in high density commuter seating . |
| 22 | ‘ Benjamin Barnett and Dave Matthews compliment each other well up front , and we are looking to take 12 points from the last eight games and finish mid-table , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 23 | It seemed to take two lifetimes for the group to climb past them , but finally they passed from sight if not sound . |
| 24 | They are just not built to take 232 bar and can be heard three miles away when they blow . |
| 25 | For the last two years I have had to take two tablets a day . |
| 26 | The patient had been told to take two packets daily . |
| 27 | As our own point of departure in this section , we would like to take three areas of pedagogical concern which correspond closely to those highlighted in Language in Science : |
| 28 | The effects on the body do take a little while to show themselves and sometimes there will be periods when you seem to take three steps forward and two backward . |
| 29 | Ca n't go out very far if you 've got to take six people . |
| 30 | Ooh you 've got to take two sciences , you pick which two sciences you 're going to take , it 'd be easier for the teachers and he would , well to do all three sciences in one exam is |