Example sentences of "take two [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If you go to , your master 's away cu say he 's gone to race meeting and it takes two day , they 're going to be up at , say Ascot , more likely he goes for the week .
2 Which aircraft have we got and can it take two crew and a full load of fuel ?
3 If only a portion of the balance is to be switched into another currency , the service will take two working days , using the exchange rate quoted at the requested time of transfer .
4 In the first year , students must take two history units .
5 Jobless Simon , 18 , lifted the nation 's pride by taking two bronze medals in Barcelona .
6 The King brushed thin opposition aside and left , taking two body squires with him , Patrick Seton and Thomas Erceldoun .
7 Last March , an acid house partygoer in Surrey collapsed and died after taking two ecstasy tablets .
8 So they 're taki it 's I think it 's daft because they 're introducing it in nineteen ninety three and they 're taking two age groups instead of taking one .
9 The gain in precision by taking two biopsy samples compared with one is striking for both methods ; this effect is because of variation between biopsy specimens within subjects .
10 Because of the variability between biopsy samples , the gain in precision of defining a subject 's proliferation index by taking two biopsy samples compared with one is remarkable for both methods .
11 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 .
12 His swarming attacks gradually overwhelmed wright who took two knock downs and a standing count before the referee halted it in the third .
13 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 .
14 David took two quarter bottles of champagne out of the mini-bar , and collected two tooth mugs .
15 Ellen , unencumbered with luggage , had already reached Wavebreaker and taken two plastic fenders from a locker .
16 Students take two core units : Issues and Trends in Nursing and Health Care and Philosophical Issues in Education and Health Care .
17 Students take two core units : Issues and Trends in Nursing and Health Care , and Research Methods , Elementary Statistical Theory and Computing ; they then choose four further units from a range of options including Health Education , Dynamics of Group Behaviour , Families in Transition and additional clinical and management studies .
18 We traditionally take two wicket keepers on tour , Alec Stewart is one of them , but he 'll be opening the bat and we need the best wicket keeper and someone to bat at 7 or 8 and Jack Russell is the man .
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