Example sentences of "take one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One theory is the pilot took one risk too many on a low level flight and hit the ground . |
| 2 | The main thing to realise with trailer driving is that it only takes one mistake to wreck the trailer and a nice glider , as well as possibly writing off a new car . |
| 3 | He moans : ‘ It took three days to record one 30 minute Hot Shoe Show , whereas it takes one day to film a game show . |
| 4 | Swiss-inclined boiler locomotives are used on the line , and the train takes one hour to travel the 4½ miles to the summit . |
| 5 | For every unit of alcohol ( half a pint of beer ; one glass of wine ) , it takes one hour to clear itself from the body . |
| 6 | Takes one hour . |
| 7 | Mr Keith cited three examples of information on the map , prepared for the association , which he disputes : that it takes four-and-a-half hours to travel from his home town of Durness , in Sutherland , to Inverness ; that from Dunvegan , on Skye , to Inverness , via Portree , takes four hours 45 minutes , and that Inverness to Dalwhinnie takes one hour 25 minutes . |
| 8 | She takes one look at Gisela and has her fringe cut too . |
| 9 | anyway and everybody just takes one look at it and after everybody in the house has taken one look at it it gets thrown in the bin , if it lasts that long . |
| 10 | He takes one look at it and the next thing is he 's shouting . |
| 11 | Goldie takes one look at Rainbow 's shaggy ankles and sighs ; Rainbow says that if she has to wear tights or stockings , we might as well forget the whole damned thing . |
| 12 | NI takes one subject each month — from overseas aid , trees or food to masculinity , Southern Africa or personal violence — and gives you the overview : ideas , arguments and analysis neatly distilled into 32 pages , enhanced by graphics , interesting charts and vivid photos . |
| 13 | She takes one tablet a month . |
| 14 | You retain two copies , and the customer takes one slip as his receipt . |
| 15 | And therefore , it takes one element and er it it erm it it seeks to highlight that particular element . |
| 16 | Above The vulnerable beauty of Killary harbour : ‘ It only takes one fool to drop a barrel of chemicals , ’ Peter Mantle says , ‘ and we 're all wiped out . ’ |
| 17 | If you are sent to prison for up to six months , you have to wait seven years ; a fine is wiped clean after five years and probation or conditional discharge takes one year . |
| 18 | Now you know Shallot 's golden rule : It takes one rogue to know another , and a real rogue to recognise an honest man . |
| 19 | Indeed , I always had a sneaking admiration for him and I think he liked me for , as you know , it takes one rogue to recognise another . |
| 20 | Cable should n't be run under a carpet unless it 's suitably protected — it only takes one stiletto heel to bring your network down ! |
| 21 | It only takes one media scare story ( Pill Deaths Quadruple ! ) or one neighbour being suddenly rushed to hospital , to make thousands of women think twice about using a particular form of contraception . |
| 22 | Each hang glider takes one set of sails . |
| 23 | But he wo n't take anyone on full time for the simple fact that just takes one guy off the dole and and makes his life good . |
| 24 | But , it only takes one car ! |
| 25 | In one cycle , the algorithm takes one operator out of the list LOp and applies it to N , so producing just one child . |
| 26 | You know , the one where you sit there and lie through your teeth about spending every waking hour flossing and probing and massaging and never go out of an evening without your single-headed brush , and the Aussie hygienist who looks like Brooke Shields on a good day takes one prod at your gum and it spouts blood like Moby Dick on a bad day and the game 's up there and then . |
| 27 | The incentive to settle any claim exists insofar as it takes one file more off the solicitor 's desk and from the client 's point of view , gives him his damages ( or a proportion thereof ) sooner than would be the case if he requires to proceed to Proof . |
| 28 | It takes one calorie– of heat energy to raise one gram of water through one degree Celsius . |
| 29 | Sometimes the driver comes and takes one group out for half a day , then he 'll take another group out for half a day , or he 'll take them out for a full day 's picnic . |
| 30 | The company takes one month to pay these expenses . |