Example sentences of "[noun] take three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs … |
| 2 | Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs … |
| 3 | One stretch took three overnights where the great plan allowed just one . |
| 4 | Thomas Gregory-Smith took three Hummersknott Darlington , wickets but they still Durham Johnson School 's total of 54 with four wickets in hand . |
| 5 | His study took three months to prepare and , considers the markets available , it considers things like recycling credits that the councils can give you . |
| 6 | Brahms took three years to complete his second piano concerto , and he was 48 when it had its first performance ( 1881 ) with himself as soloist , in Budapest — then the twin capital , with Vienna , of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . |
| 7 | The honours programme lasts four years while the ordinary degree takes three years . |
| 8 | There has been some increase in equity finance , by listed firms as well as new entrants , but it is restrained by a system giving pre-emptive rights to existing shareholders ( as in Britain , shareholders must be given first grabs at new issues ) , under ponderous rules that mean an issue takes three weeks . |
| 9 | Andrew Lake and Kevin Ash took three wickets each Tanfield School Stanley , restricted local rivals Greencroft to 58 for eight . |
| 10 | Then , leading 12-4 , Hall took three points running for a convincing victory . |
| 11 | Eventually , leading 12-4 , Hall took three points running for a convincing victory . |
| 12 | In one spell in the last session the Sri Lankans took three wickets for eight runs . |
| 13 | McKenna took three days to consider the offer before refusing , nominally on health grounds . |
| 14 | At the end of the war , provincial newspaper ownership took three forms . |
| 15 | To complete the portrait took three sittings and each time , to Indenbaum 's surprise , Modigliani turned up clean-shaven and well-groomed , and behaved in a modest , almost shy manner . |
| 16 | The 130-km journey from Belgrade to Kragujevac took three days on horseback and five by horse-drawn carriage , but in 1814 only Miloš , the metropolitan and the Turkish governor had such vehicles . |
| 17 | The tables took three hours to set . |
| 18 | Bootle made just 112 , with Botham taking three wickets and Mike Mannion scoring 37 . |
| 19 | On the other hand cash has to be counted and creates a security problem , and cheques take three days to clear , but credit cards are convenient for both retailer and customer . |
| 20 | Learning : In this second approach , learning takes three forms . |
| 21 | The ramshackle bus-boat back to Tekek around the northern tip of the island takes three hours , the same as the walk . |
| 22 | Right so that was C one , C two it is a hundred and fifty miles from Hereford to London by rail Hereford is north of Cheltenham , it 's going up from Cheltenham is Hereford the first train in the morning takes three hours for the journey what 's its average speed ? |
| 23 | The whole peace-making took three days . |
| 24 | David Capel took three wickets to put Northants on top against Kent in the clash between the second and third placed championship teams . |
| 25 | Home professional Colwin Cort , took four for 41 while Graham Bell , Graham Young and Brian Lewins took three wickets each to dismiss the Synners for 95 . |
| 26 | We left in three flights , each led by a Fulmar for navigational purposes , some 500 nautical miles from Malta ( my logbook shows the flight took three hours and 20 minutes ) . |
| 27 | With Caroline Seebohm , Miss Campbell took three years to write the 160-page book , which is published in February by Arum Press . |
| 28 | The dummy took three weeks ' work by a team of volunteers , mostly part-time and helping when they could . |
| 29 | This is the vehicle that Honda took three years to create . |
| 30 | Ho took three gangs off the line and within a week not a tree was left standing . |