Example sentences of "take [pers pn] two " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It takes me two hours to write a song .
2 ‘ It takes you two days and half of two nights to find out that you do n't know ? ’
3 Well that takes you two up I suppose Julie , been wondering about you lately darling
4 No I have n't had that yet my ten thousand for passing er she takes her two hundred though from my ten thousand
5 The satisfaction in the City camp was aptly summed up by manager Joe O'Sullivan in his after the match comment : ‘ These are three points which takes us two short of the 40 mark , which I think will be enough . ’
6 It was estimated that it would take them two to three weeks to get to the Falklands and therefore , theoretically , the decision could be rescinded if there were some kind of diplomatic breakthrough .
7 This afternoon we 'll it says in the instruction , at the end of every third tape change the batteries , so er , we 'll take them two out tomorrow
8 It would take me two weeks to reveal all that I know . ’
9 To conduct it is a devastating experience : it takes up all your mind and it will take you two or three days to recover from it .
10 ‘ Yes , ’ my father said , ‘ I shall go and take you two girls if you are fit to be seen , and it wo n't do your mother any harm either . ’
11 ‘ It would take you two days at least . ’
12 ‘ We 'll take you two back to the centre to rest and recover , ’ said Rachel , then , looking up at the superintendent who was hovering anxiously , she asked , ‘ Has the incident been recorded in the accident book ? ’
13 For example , if the car in front goes under a bridge it should take you two seconds to reach that point .
14 ‘ I 'd rather you risk your neck than me , but if it 's a question of time you 're justified ; it would take you two good hours and more to work your way about . ’
15 After two years , however , Gordon too got the wanderlust urge and planned a horse-back ride from South America to New York that would take him two years .
16 It does n't take him two minutes before
17 So it would take her two increments into scale two .
18 You can take it two ways , it 'll probably get up and bite you .
19 It 'll probably take us two and a half . ’
20 Well we can we can but as I said , the two lads who know about it , who could do it , they said well it might take us two days .
21 Yeah so that 'll take us , and do four role plays , that will take us two hours and twenty minutes , is that alright ?
22 Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time .
23 The smells wafting up the stairs from the kitchen were making her stomach churn , and she ran down , taking them two by two .
24 I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’
25 But the guilt would not go away : I omitted the incident from the log and it took me two years to own up to it .
26 It took me two hours to paint out the damage that Sweetman had caused to our hull .
27 He added : ‘ Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh said to me after the European Championship in Sweden , ‘ You 'll be surprised how you feel — it took me two years to feel they were my players . ’
28 It took me two minutes to realise what a bunch of inaddo wimps the hacks who had managed to destroy the NME 's ridiculously high punk circulation were .
29 It took me two minutes to decide .
30 It took me two hours to cha to teach him how to change a fuse an and erm w w was n't only how to change a fuse but the correct fuse for the the correct appliance like you know .
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