Example sentences of "[pron] took three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I took three weeks off with the first . ’ |
| 2 | Zampolli summed up the curiously optimistic mood the industry found itself in , post-war , at Geneva : ‘ You know , ’ he said , ‘ during the war I took three orders for the car . |
| 3 | I won the race , I took three points from McLaren and from Ayrton Senna . ’ |
| 4 | I apologise to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department for being unable to attend at the start of the debate , due to the aggravated taking of British Rail , which took three hours to take me from York to the metropolis . |
| 5 | It was all a far cry from the first ascent of Everest 40 years ago , news of which took three days to reach London — on Coronation Day . |
| 6 | and we went down the River Nile which took three days |
| 7 | It is hoped 200,000 Carinas will be made next year at the site , which took three years to complete . |
| 8 | It is hoped 200,000 Carinas will be made next year at the site , which took three years to complete . |
| 9 | The scheme , which took three years to devise , is now used in decisions about staff promotion , and since its introduction the average ratings for staff members have improved . |
| 10 | This involved substantial investment to clear the sites , provide rail lines to move the coal , sink shafts ( which took three years , on average ) , provide housing , and recruit miners ( Waller , 1983 , p. 17ff . ) . |
| 11 | After leaving school at 16 , she took three part time jobs to earn money . |
| 12 | However , being unwilling to contradict her parents ' wishes she took three science A-levels rather than the arts subjects she preferred . |
| 13 | She took three aspirins from her handbag and swallowed them , grimacing , with the last tepid mouthful of tea . |
| 14 | I went through the proper process and the local MP er , er MP for Labour , did n't know much about it , and he referred it to the Postmaster General , I think it is , who took three months to answer . |
| 15 | England captain/wicketkeeper Alec Stewart congratulates Chris Lewis who took three wickets for 43 runs on the third day of the Test . |
| 16 | We took three Hairflair readers along to the Schwarzkopf London Academy to try these new professional products — the results were stunning ! |
| 17 | ( 12/12/92 ) : We took three doors , two panels , the two remaining roof cross members and the B end off . |
| 18 | Within two hours of the Chancellor 's message we took three orders for new BMW 's . |
| 19 | Australia , who had set Sri Lanka 522 to win after declaring their second innings at 513 for five , appeared to be coasting home when they took three wickets before lunch to reduce the touring side to 208 for six . |
| 20 | Only the 16th caught him out as he took three putts for his only bogey . |
| 21 | He took three twenty-pound notes out of his wallet . |
| 22 | He took three ships — the Santa Maria , the Nina and the Pinta — and 88 men . |
| 23 | The other poem which Coleridge wrote during his retreat , and the circumstances of its composition , have entered the mythology of English literary history : while staying at the Culbone farmhouse he took three grains of opium to relieve what he variously described as ‘ a dysentery ’ or ‘ a slight indisposition ’ , and in the deep reverie which followed composed two or three hundred lines of poetry ‘ without any sensation of consciousness of effort ’ . |
| 24 | He took three wickets leaving the tourists to declare at 388 for five at tea . |
| 25 | He took three month 's leave and went to our world assembly at Caux . |
| 26 | It took three pints of home brew , each , before we stopped scratching . |
| 27 | It took three phone calls to track down Foley , who was still at the Tower . |
| 28 | And erm they 'd moved the kit , got the electricians to do it and it took , it took three fuses when they did it , I mean the extensions fused on that particular system , the data pairs fused |
| 29 | It took three hours to dig them out , and it was no fun . |
| 30 | It took three hours to get in character every morning and another three to get out at night . ’ |