Example sentences of "[verb] take two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument that size and security are related has taken two forms . |
| 2 | Restoration of the 16th-century house has taken two years , most attention going to the creation of women 's lavatories and space for tea urns . |
| 3 | Restoration of the 16th-century house has taken two years , most attention going to the creation of women 's lavatories and space for tea urns . |
| 4 | , the company 's technical manager , said : ‘ It has taken two years to reach the position we are now in . |
| 5 | It all left yesterday 's would-be refugees furious at the latest delay in an evacuation that has taken two months to negotiate . |
| 6 | If it has taken two weeks of nail-biting finally to pluck up courage to visit a clinic , only to be greeted by an unsympathetic or gruff receptionist , who demands details you had not expected to have to give in a loud voice , the temptation to cut and run may be overwhelming . |
| 7 | It seems his effort , which is what has taken two weeks ’ — he glanced at Jim Donaldson as he spoke — ‘ to portray himself as the guy trying to help Zack , and all the rest of us here and there as the bad guys making problems , has worked . |
| 8 | He tried to take two dogs on . |
| 9 | The relocation is expected to take two weeks . |
| 10 | It 's expected to take two months just to identify and catalogue the antiques so they can be matched with items reported stolen.Two men are helping police with their inquiries . |
| 11 | The survey is expected to take two months to complete and will be carried out through questionnaires sent to venture capitalists and advisers throughout the EC . |
| 12 | a proper one , hi Holly , alright love , so I went , left it and then I went called back last night after college and he said oh I have n't done it yet come on he said we 'll whiz it on the band saw , put it on the band saw and he 'd taken two nails out that you could n't see you know the , the old stamped cast iron ones , the ends had snapped off |
| 13 | It seemed to take two lifetimes for the group to climb past them , but finally they passed from sight if not sound . |
| 14 | For the last two years I have had to take two tablets a day . |
| 15 | The patient had been told to take two packets daily . |
| 16 | Ooh you 've got to take two sciences , you pick which two sciences you 're going to take , it 'd be easier for the teachers and he would , well to do all three sciences in one exam is |
| 17 | Yes it 's now going to take two years longer I think than was originally er contended , to what extent is this due to technical difficulties and to what extent is it due to one of our partners and Germany one 's thinking of in particular , wishing to slow the programme down for fiscal reasons ? |
| 18 | That night , after spending the day engaged upon a frenzy of tidying and cleaning , she sat in her shining sitting room , watching television and wondering how on earth she was going to take two days of this , let alone two weeks . |
| 19 | Erm I remember taking two cases when the procedure was still invoked and it was a company in Edinburgh , it was as , as a matter of fact . |
| 20 | This has sleeping-room for one , even though it would have taken two shepherds to carry it , leaving you to wonder how the odd shepherd out spent the night . |
| 21 | The process may have taken two centuries The Book of Esther was probably translated only in 78/77 B.C. |
| 22 | However , he said : ‘ The case we would have put had already been voiced March and it would have taken two months for the appeal to be heard during which time there would be no money coming in to provide council services , ’ he said . |
| 23 | US General Mark Clark passed up Ultra and duly paid the price , according to Winterbotham , by failing to take two objectives at a nasty stage of the Italian campaign . |
| 24 | I 've known very independent career women who 'd do anything to reach the top , but when they have a baby they suddenly decide to take two years out . |
| 25 | Full details on the training and examinations are contained in the inserts in the sleeve of this booklet , but basically you will have to take two groups of examinations . |
| 26 | You 'd only have to take two boards up out of the lot . |
| 27 | ‘ I was asked to take two horses from Ireland and this was one of them . |
| 28 | We 've arranged to take two readers to NEW YORK to see superstar Elton John perform at the city 's famous Madison Square Garden . |
| 29 | She wanted me to accompany her but I hung back , afraid that she 'd find out that I had taken two lumps of coal , and Dad had gone out , so he was not there to protect me . |
| 30 | Vigno had taken two lumps of granite from the side of the hill and made us keep them in our mouths for three hours . |