Example sentences of "[noun] take one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order words the LTE was to balance its books taking one year with the next . |
| 2 | The 6ft 2in Cambridge hit-man took one look at Old Trafford , which could n't tempt Southampton 's Shearer , and decided : ‘ This is the place for me . ’ |
| 3 | Linda took one look at Jed and went on polishing the glass . |
| 4 | Lafayette took one year , and cost over £300,000 to develop and launch . |
| 5 | The remaining Assembly seats went to the Democratic Community of Vojvodina Hungarians ( eight ) , independents ( eight ) , the Democratic Party ( seven ) , the Party of Democratic Action ( three ) , the Alliance of Reform Forces of Vojvodina ( two ) , the Party of Serbian Peasants ' Union ( two ) , and to seven other parties taking one seat each . |
| 6 | Dustin took one sip and told Claude that he was the only man he knew who could get fresh oranges out of a can . |
| 7 | Mrs Wallington took one look at her and put down her own coffee cup . |
| 8 | Each hang glider takes one set of sails . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Without becoming enmeshed in too much technical detail , the Act took one step further the policy changes initiated by the 1980 Act which created assured tenancies and shorthold tenancies . |
| 11 | Bernal took one look at it : ‘ Of course , ’ he said , ‘ of course that 's how they must have done it . ’ |
| 12 | is still progressing with the sport taking one championship title after the other . |
| 13 | Reluctantly , he agreed , and Ernest and Ruth took one side while Alfred Carter and the youth took the other . |
| 14 | However , at Halling he was soon engaged in repairing the Palace and started to build a new hall , this work taking one year and fifteen months and costing £120 , a quite staggering sum 650 years ago . |
| 15 | Turner took one look and groaned . |
| 16 | His Serene Highness Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar took one look at Rebecque 's orders , grunted his acceptance , and tossed the paper to his Brigade Major . |
| 17 | Isobel took one look at them and telephoned Edouard . |
| 18 | Isobel took one look at his face , and kept silent . |
| 19 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 20 | Julia took one look at her hostess 's face and decided to make some more tea . |
| 21 | What if Penry took one look at her and threw her out , bag and baggage ? |
| 22 | Venables took one look at Cranston 's angry face and agreed . |
| 23 | In one cycle , the algorithm takes one operator out of the list LOp and applies it to N , so producing just one child . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 26 | The ground Hostess took one look at our tickets and told us that a gentleman was waiting to speak to us . |
| 27 | Amanda took one end of the mirror . |
| 28 | Independent producers , from whom the Government expects both ITV and BBC to take one quarter of their programmes , regularly complain that the broadcasters , like building societies , are reluctant to advance the full cost of a project . |
| 29 | Swiss-inclined boiler locomotives are used on the line , and the train takes one hour to travel the 4½ miles to the summit . |
| 30 | Claudia took one look at him and decided to do as she was told , for the moment . |